Psalms 39

1 To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. — A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.'

TO THE OVERSEER. FOR JEDUTHUN. A PSALM OF DAVID. I have said, “I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep a curb for my mouth, While the wicked [is] before me.”

2 I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

I was mute [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

3 Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

My heart [is] hot within me, In my meditating the fire burns, I have spoken with my tongue.

4 'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it [is],' I know how frail I [am].

“Cause me to know, O YHWH, my end, And the measure of my days—what it [is],” I know how frail I [am].

5 Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. (Selah)

Behold, You have made my days handbreadths, And my age [is] as nothing before You, Only, every man set up [is] all vanity. (Selah)

6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Only, each habitually walks in an image, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heaps up and does not know who gathers them.

7 And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope — it [is] of Thee.

And now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope—it [is] of You.

8 From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

Deliver me from all my transgressions, Do not make me a reproach of the fool.

9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou — Thou hast done [it].

I have been mute, I do not open my mouth, Because You have done [it].

10 Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

Turn aside Your stroke from off me, From the striving of Your hand I have been consumed.

11 With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. (Selah)

With reproofs against iniquity, You have corrected man, And dissolve his desirableness as a moth, Only, every man [is] vanity. (Selah)

12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

Hear my prayer, O YHWH, And give ear [to] my cry, Do not be silent to my tear, For I [am] a sojourner with You, A settler like all my fathers.

13 Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!