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.
For the leader; for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I vowed to watch my words, and sin not with my tongue, but to put on my mouth a muzzle, while the wicked were in my presence.
2 I was dumb silence I was silent from good and pain my it was stirred up.
I was silent and dumb, speechless: but my pain was stirred up.
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; as I mused, the fire was kindled, till at last the words came to 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.
‘Teach me, O Lord, my end, and the sum of my days what it is. Let me know how transient 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)
See! My days you have made but a span, and my life is as nothing before you. It is but as a breath that everyone stands: (Selah)
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.
it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro, and all our noise is for nothing. We heap up, and know not who will gather.’
7 And now what? do I wait for O Lord hope my [is] to you it.
And now, what wait I for, Lord? My hope is in you.
8 From all transgressions my deliver me a reproach of [the] foolish may not you make me.
From all my transgressions deliver me; make me not the scorn of the fool.
9 I am dumb not I open mouth my for you you have acted.
I am dumb, never opening my mouth, for this is your own doing.
10 Remove from on me plague your from [the] hostility of hand your I I have come to an end.
Remove your stroke from off me: by the might of your hand I am spent.
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 someone to punish their sins, you consume, like a moth, what they treasures. Everyone is only a breath. (Selah)
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; attend to my cry for help. Hold not your peace at my tears. For I am but a guest of yours, a stranger visiting, like all my ancestors.
13 Smear from me so let me be cheerful before I will go and there not [will be] me.
Look away from me, let me smile again, before I die and am gone.
