< 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/for to conduct (to/for Jeduthun *Q(K)*) melody to/for David to say to keep: guard way: conduct my from to sin in/on/with tongue my to keep: guard to/for lip my muzzle in/on/with still wicked to/for before me
2 I was dumb silence I was silent from good and pain my it was stirred up.
be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble
3 It became hot heart my - in inner being my in sighing my it burned fire I spoke with tongue my.
to warm heart my in/on/with entrails: among my in/on/with meditation my to burn: burn fire to speak: speak in/on/with tongue my
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.
to know me LORD end my and measure day my what? he/she/it to know what? rejected/fleeting I
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 handbreadth to give: make day my and lifetime/world my like/as nothing before you surely all vanity all man to stand (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 in/on/with image to go: walk man surely vanity to roar [emph?] to heap and not to know who? to gather them
7 And now what? do I wait for O Lord hope my [is] to you it.
and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it
8 From all transgressions my deliver me a reproach of [the] foolish may not you make me.
from all transgression my to rescue me reproach foolish not to set: make me
9 I am dumb not I open mouth my for you you have acted.
be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do
10 Remove from on me plague your from [the] hostility of hand your I I have come to an end.
to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend
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)
in/on/with argument upon iniquity: crime to discipline man and to liquefy like/as moth to desire his surely vanity all man (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.
to hear: hear [emph?] prayer my LORD and cry my to listen [emph?] to(wards) tears my not be quiet for sojourner I with you sojourner like/as all father my
13 Smear from me so let me be cheerful before I will go and there not [will be] me.
to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I