Psalms 39

1 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

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

2 be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

3 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

My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

4 to know me LORD end my and measure day my what? he/she/it to know what? rejected/fleeting I

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

5 behold handbreadth to give: make day my and lifetime/world my like/as nothing before you surely all vanity all man to stand (Selah)

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath.

6 surely in/on/with image to go: walk man surely vanity to roar [emph?] to heap and not to know who? to gather them

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

7 and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

8 from all transgression my to rescue me reproach foolish not to set: make me

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

9 be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do

I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

10 to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

11 in/on/with argument upon iniquity: crime to discipline man and to liquefy like/as moth to desire his surely vanity all man (Selah)

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor.

12 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

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

13 to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”