< 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/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 dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble
3 Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken 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 'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it [is],' I 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 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 handbreadth to give: make day my and lifetime/world my like/as nothing before you surely all vanity all man to stand (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.
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 And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope — it [is] of Thee.
and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it
8 From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.
from all transgression my to rescue me reproach foolish not to set: make me
9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou — Thou hast done [it].
be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do
10 Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.
to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend
11 With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. (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, 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.
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 Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I