Psalms 39
1 For Jeduthun, the music director. A psalm of David. I told myself, “I will be careful in what I do, and not sin in what I say. I will keep my mouth shut when the wicked are around.”
In finem, ipsi Idithun, Canticum David. Dixi: Custodiam vias meas: ut non delinquam in lingua mea. Posui ori meo custodiam, cum consisteret peccator adversum me.
2 So I was completely silent—I didn't even say anything good. But the pain inside only got worse.
Obmutui, et humiliatus sum, et silui a bonis: et dolor meus renovatus est.
3 My mind burned as if on fire; I had to say what I was thinking:
Concaluit cor meum intra me: et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.
4 Lord, remind me. How short is my life? How long do I have? Remind me how quickly my life will pass.
Locutus sum in lingua mea: Notum fac mihi Domine finem meum. Et numerum dierum meorum quis est: ut sciam quid desit mihi.
5 Just look at the tiny amount of days you have given me! In your eyes my whole lifetime is like nothing. Our lives here are just a breath… (Selah)
Ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos: et substantia mea tamquam nihilum ante te. Verumtamen universa vanitas, omnis homo vivens.
6 Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.
Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo: sed et frustra conturbatur. Thesaurizat: et ignorat cui congregabit ea.
7 So Lord, what am I looking for? I put my hope in you.
Et nunc quæ est expectatio mea? nonne Dominus? et substantia mea apud te est.
8 Save me from my rebellion. Don't let me be mocked by fools.
Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me: opprobrium insipienti dedisti me.
9 I will stay quiet, I won't say a word, for it's you who has done this to me.
Obmutui, et non aperui os meum, quoniam tu fecisti:
10 Please stop hitting me! Your beating has worn me out!
amove a me plagas tuas.
11 When you discipline us, reprimanding us for our sins, it's like a moth eating up what is precious to us. All of us are just a breath… (Selah)
A fortitudine manus tuæ ego defeci in increpationibus: propter iniquitatem corripuisti hominem. Et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam eius: verumtamen vane conturbatur omnis homo.
12 Please hear my prayer, Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Don't be deaf to my weeping. Please treat me as your guest, passing through, just like my forefathers.
Exaudi orationem meam Domine, et deprecationem meam: auribus percipe lacrimas meas. Ne sileas: quoniam advena ego sum apud te, et peregrinus, sicut omnes patres mei.
13 Please leave me alone so I can be cheerful again, before I am dead and gone.
Remitte mihi, ut refrigerer priusquam abeam, et amplius non ero.
