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.
To the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Melody of David. I said, [to myself, ] I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue, —I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.
2 I was dumb silence I was silent from good and pain my it was stirred up.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:
3 It became hot heart my - in inner being my in sighing my it burned fire I spoke with tongue my.
Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake 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.
Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived 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)
Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, —Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. (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.
Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.
7 And now what? do I wait for O Lord hope my [is] to you it.
Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.
8 From all transgressions my deliver me a reproach of [the] foolish may not you make me.
From all my transgressions, rescue thou me, —The reproach of the base, oh do not make me!
9 I am dumb not I open mouth my for you you have acted.
I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, 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 from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.
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, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. (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 Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent, —For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.
13 Smear from me so let me be cheerful before I will go and there not [will be] me.
Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.
