Psalms 39
The Futility of Life.
For the music director, for ▼▼1 Chr 16:41Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will bkeep watch over my ways
So that I cdo not sin with my tongue;
I will keep watch over dmy mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”
2 I was emute ▼
▼Lit with silence
and silent, I ▼
▼Lit was silent from good
refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.
3 My hheart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, let me know imy end,
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how jtransient I am.
5 “Behold, You have made kmy days like ▼
▼I.e., short
hand widths, And my mlifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Certainly all mankind standing is ▼
▼Or altogether breath
a mere obreath. Selah 6 “Certainly every person pwalks around as ▼
▼Lit an image
a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an ruproar for nothing;
He samasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My thope is in You.
8 “ uSave me from all my wrongdoings;
Do not make me an object of vreproach for the foolish.
9 “I have become wmute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is xYou who have done it.
10 “ yRemove Your plague from me;
Because of zthe opposition of Your hand I am ▼
▼Or wasting away
perishing. 11 “With abrebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing;
You acconsume like a moth what is precious to him;
Certainly adall mankind is mere breath! Selah
12 “ aeHear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help;
Do not be silent afto my tears;
For I am aga stranger with You,
ahOne who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
13 “ aiTurn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again
Before I depart and am no more.”
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