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.
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin ·err (the standard goal)· with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
2 I was dumb silence I was silent from good and pain my it was stirred up.
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
3 It became hot heart my - in inner being my in sighing my it burned fire I spoke with tongue my.
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
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.
“Adonai, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
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, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
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 every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather.
7 And now what? do I wait for O Lord hope my [is] to you it.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8 From all transgressions my deliver me a reproach of [the] foolish may not you make me.
Deliver me from all my rebellious breaches of relationships. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
9 I am dumb not I open mouth my for you you have acted.
I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
10 Remove from on me plague your from [the] hostility of hand your I I have come to an end.
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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)
When you rebuke and correct man for depravity (moral evil), You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
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.
“Sh'ma ·Hear obey· my prayer, Adonai, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
13 Smear from me so let me be cheerful before I will go and there not [will be] me.
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.”
