Psalms 39
1 For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is 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 mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble
3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
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 “LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
to know me LORD end my and measure day my what? he/she/it to know what? rejected/fleeting I
5 Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” (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 “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
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 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
from all transgression my to rescue me reproach foolish not to set: make me
9 I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do
10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend
11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” (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 my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
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 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I
