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

I said [to myself], “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say [MTY]. I will not say anything [to complain] while wicked people are near to me [and can hear me].”

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

[So] I was completely silent [DOU], and I did not [even] talk about things that were good, but it was useless, because I began to suffer even more.

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

I became very anxious/worried [IDM]. As I thought [about my troubles], I became more worried. Then [finally] I said [MTY],

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

“Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live!

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)

[It seems that] you have caused me to live only a short time; (my lifetime/all the time that I have lived) seems like nothing to you. The time that all we humans live is [as short as] [MET] a puff of wind.

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

Then we disappear like a shadow does. It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. We [sometimes] get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it [after we die].

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

So now, Yahweh, if I expect [RHQ] [to receive blessings from other people], I will be disappointed. You are the [only] one from whom I confidently expect [to receive blessings].

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

Save me from [being punished for] all the sins that I have committed. And do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.

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

I did not say anything [when you punished me], because [I knew that] you were the one who caused [me to suffer].

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

But now, please stop punishing me! [If you do not do that], I am about to die because of the ways that you [SYN] have struck/afflicted me.

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 someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed, you destroy the things that (he loves/are precious to him), like moths’ [larva] destroy clothing. Our lives [disappear like] a puff of wind.

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

Yahweh, listen to me while I pray; pay attention to me while I cry out to you. Help me while I am crying. I am here on the earth for only a short time, like all my ancestors.

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

[Now] please leave me alone, [and do not punish me any more] in order that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die. [EUP, DOU]”