Psa 39 | NASB1995 | STEP | For the choir director, for 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 as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence .”

Psalms 39

The Vanity of Life.

For the choir director, for ^{▼▼ 1 Chr 16:41}Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 I said, “I will ^bguard my ways
That I ^cmay not sin with my tongue;
I will guard ^dmy mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”
2 I was ^emute ^{▼▼ Lit with silence}and silent,
I ^{▼▼ Lit kept silence}refrained even from good,
And my ^{▼▼ Lit pain}sorrow grew worse.
3 My ⁱheart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, make me to know ^jmy end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how ^ktransient I am.
5 “Behold, You have made ^lmy days as handbreadths,
And my ^mlifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man ^{▼▼ Lit standing firm}at his best is ^{▼▼ Or altogether vanity}a mere ^pbreath. ^{▼▼ Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude}Selah.
6 “Surely every man ^rwalks about as ^{▼▼ Lit an image}a phantom;
Surely they make an ^tuproar for nothing;
He ^uamasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

7 “And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My ^vhope is in You.
8 ^w“Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Make me not the ^xreproach of the foolish.
9 “I have become ^ymute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is ^zYou who have done it.
10 ^aa“Remove Your plague from me;
Because of ^abthe opposition of Your hand I am ^{▼▼ Or wasting away}perishing.
11 “With ^adreproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You ^aeconsume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely ^afevery man is a mere breath. Selah.

12 ^ag“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent ^ahat my tears;
For I am ^aia stranger with You,
A ^ajsojourner like all my fathers.
13 ^ak“Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may ^{▼▼ Or become cheerful}smile again
Before I depart and am no more.”

Psalms 39

The Vanity of Life.

For the choir director, for ▼▼ 1 Chr 16:41Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

For the choir director, for ^{▼▼ 1 Chr 16:41}Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.