Psa 39 | WEB_th | STEP | I said , “I will watch my ways , so that I don’t sin with my tongue . I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

Psalms 39

1 I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.

I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” 2 I was mute with silence.

I held my peace, even from good.

My sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned:

I spoke with my tongue: 4 ”Yahweh, show me my end,

what is the measure of my days.

Let me know how frail I am. 5 Behold, you have made my days handbreadths.

My lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely every man stands as a breath.”

Selah. 6 ”Surely every man walks like a shadow.

Surely they busy themselves in vain.

He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather. 7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.

Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was mute.

I didn’t open my mouth,

because you did it. 10 Remove your scourge away from me.

I am overcome by the blow of your hand. 11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,

You consume his wealth like a moth.

Surely every man is but a breath.”

Selah. 12 ”Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.

Don’t be silent at my tears.

For I am a stranger with you,

a foreigner, as all my fathers were. 13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,

before I go away, and exist no more.”