Psa 39 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : to Jeduthun . A Psalm of David . I said , I will guard my ways , that I may not sin with my tongue ; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle , so long as the wicked are in my presence .

(ESV)

To the choirmaster: to ^aJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

(THOT)

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִידִיתוּן ^{▼▼For Ketiv לִידִיתוּן Qere= לִֽידוּתוּן} מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Ps 39:1

(ESV)

I said, “I will ^cguard my ways,
that I ^dmay not sin with my tongue;
I will ^eguard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.1} אָמַרְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָה דְרָכַי מֵחֲטוֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם בְּעֹד רָשָׁע לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃

Ps 39:2

(ESV)

I was ^gmute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.2} נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּֽר׃

Ps 39:3

(ESV)

My ⁱheart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.3} חַם־לִבִּי׀ בְּקִרְבִּי בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ דִּבַּרְתִּי בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃

Ps 39:4

(ESV)

“O Lord, ^kmake me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.4} הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה׀ קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה־הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה־חָדֵל אָֽנִי׃

Ps 39:5

(ESV)

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and ^mmy lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely ⁿall mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.5} הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּֽל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶֽלָה׃

Ps 39:6

(ESV)

Surely a man ^pgoes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing ^{▼▼Hebrew Surely as a breath} they are in turmoil;
man ^rheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.6} אַךְ־בְּצֶלֶם׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־אִישׁ אַךְ־הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן יִצְבֹּר וְֽלֹא־יֵדַע מִי־אֹסְפָֽם׃

Ps 39:7

(ESV)

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
^tMy hope is in you.

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.7} וְעַתָּה מַה־קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי תּוֹחַלְתִּי לְךָ הִֽיא׃

Ps 39:8

(ESV)

Deliver me from all my transgressions.
^vDo not make me the scorn of the fool!

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.8} מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי חֶרְפַּת נָבָל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃

Ps 39:9

(ESV)

^xI am mute; I do not open my mouth,
^yfor it is you who have done it.

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.9} נֶאֱלַמְתִּי לֹא אֶפְתַּח־פִּי כִּי אַתָּה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃

Ps 39:10

(ESV)

^aaRemove your stroke from me;
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.10} הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ אֲנִי כָלִֽיתִי׃

Ps 39:11

(ESV)

When you discipline a man
with ^acrebukes for sin,
you ^adconsume like a ^aemoth what is dear to him;
^afsurely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.11} בְּֽתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן׀ יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶֽלָה׃

Ps 39:12

(ESV)

^ah“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am ^aia sojourner with you,
^aja guest, like all my fathers.

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.12} שִֽׁמְעָה־תְפִלָּתִי׀ יְהוָה וְשַׁוְעָתִי׀ הַאֲזִינָה אֶֽל־דִּמְעָתִי אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ תּוֹשָׁב כְּכָל־אֲבוֹתָֽי׃

Ps 39:13

(ESV)

^alLook away from me, that I may smile again,
^ambefore I depart and ^anam no more!”

(THOT)

^{▼▼English Ref=39.13} הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

To the choirmaster: to aJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster: to ^aJeduthun. A Psalm of David.