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 Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.] I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
2 be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. 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 was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: 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
"LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
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)
Look, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." (Selah)
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 a person goes about like a shadow. Surely he heaps up vain things of wealth, and doesn't know who shall gather them.
7 and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it
And now, LORD, what do I wait for? 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 taunt of fools.
9 be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do
I was mute. I did not open my mouth, because you did it.
10 to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow 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)
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." (Selah)
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, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
13 to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."
