Ψαλμοί 39

1 «Εις τον πρώτον μουσικόν, τον Ιεδουθούν. Ψαλμός του Δαβίδ.» Είπα, Θέλω προσέχει εις τας οδούς μου, διά να μη αμαρτάνω διά της γλώσσης μου· θέλω φυλάττει το στόμα μου με χαλινόν, ενώ είναι ο ασεβής έμπροσθέν μου.

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 Εστάθην άφωνος και σιωπηλός· εσιώπησα και από του να λέγω καλόν· και ο πόνος μου ανεταράχθη.

[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 Εθερμάνθη η καρδία μου εντός μου· ενώ εμελέτων, εξήφθη εν εμοί πύρ· ελάλησα διά της γλώσσης μου και είπα,

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

4 Κάμε γνωστόν εις εμέ, Κύριε, το τέλος μου και τον αριθμόν των ημερών μου, τις είναι, διά να γνωρίσω πόσον έτι θέλω ζήσει.

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

5 Ιδού, μέτρον σπιθαμής κατέστησας τας ημέρας μου, και ο καιρός της ζωής μου είναι ως ουδέν έμπροσθέν σου· επ' αληθείας πας άνθρωπος, καίτοι στερεός, είναι όλως ματαιότης. Διάψαλμα.

[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 Βεβαίως ο άνθρωπος περιπατεί εν φαντασία· βεβαίως εις μάτην ταράττεται· θησαυρίζει, και δεν εξεύρει τις θέλει συνάξει αυτά.

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 Και τώρα, Κύριε, τι περιμένω; η ελπίς μου είναι επί σε.

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 Από πασών των ανομιών μου λύτρωσόν με· μη με κάμης όνειδος του άφρονος.

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 Έγεινα άφωνος· δεν ήνοιξα το στόμα μου, επειδή συ έκαμες τούτο.

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

10 Απομάκρυνον απ' εμού την πληγήν σου· από της πάλης της χειρός σου εγώ απέκαμον.

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 Όταν δι' ελέγχων παιδεύης άνθρωπον διά ανομίαν, Κατατρώγεις ως σκώληξ την ώραιότητα αυτού· τω όντι ματαιότης πας άνθρωπος. Διάψαλμα.

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 Εισάκουσον, Κύριε, της προσευχής μου και δος ακρόασιν εις την κραυγήν μου· μη παρασιωπήσης εις τα δάκρυά μου. Διότι πάροικος είμαι παρά σοι και παρεπίδημος, καθώς πάντες οι πατέρες μου.

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 Παύσαι απ' εμού, διά να αναλάβω δύναμιν, πριν αποδημήσω και δεν υπάρχω πλέον.

[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]”