Psalms 39
1 To the choirmaster (for Jeduthun *Q(K)*) a psalm of David. I said I will guard ways my from sinning with tongue my I will keep to mouth my a muzzle while still [the] wicked [is] to before me.
Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.
2 I was dumb silence I was silent from good and pain my it was stirred up.
I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.
3 It became hot heart my - in inner being my in sighing my it burned fire I spoke with tongue my.
My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.
4 Make known to me O Yahweh - end my and [the] measure of days my what? [is] it let me know how! fleeting [am] I.
I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.
5 Here! handbreadths - you have made days my and lifespan my [is] like nothing before you [is] only all vanity all humankind [which] stands (Selah)
Behold thou hast made my days measurable: and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.
6 Only an image - he goes about a person only vanity people are in turmoil! he heaps up and not he knows who? [will be] gathering them.
Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.
7 And now what? do I wait for O Lord hope my [is] to you it.
And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.
8 From all transgressions my deliver me a reproach of [the] foolish may not you make me.
Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.
9 I am dumb not I open mouth my for you you have acted.
I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.
10 Remove from on me plague your from [the] hostility of hand your I I have come to an end.
Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:
11 With rebukes on iniquity - you have disciplined a person and you have melted like moth desired [thing] his [is] only vanity all humankind (Selah)
Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.
12 Hear! prayer my - O Yahweh and cry for help my - give ear to! to tear[s] my may not you be silent for [am] a sojourner I with you a resident alien like all ancestors my.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be not silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
13 Smear from me so let me be cheerful before I will go and there not [will be] me.
O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.
