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World English Bible Classic

For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

[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 hand widths.
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.”
King James Version

To the chief Musician, H5329 (PielPtc) even to Jeduthun, H3038 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732

[1] I said, H559 (QalPerf) I will take heed H8104 (QalImpf) to my ways, H1870
That I sin H2398 (QalInf) not with my tongue: H3956
I will keep H8104 (QalImpf) my mouth H6310 with a bridle, H4269§
While the wicked H7563 is before me.
[2] I was dumb H481 (NiphPerf) with silence, H1747 I held my peace, H2814 (HiphPerf) even from good; H2896
And my sorrow H3511 was stirred. H5916 (NiphPerf)§
[3] My heart H3820 was hot H2552 (QalPerf) within H7130 me, while I was musing H1901 the fire H784 burned: H1197 (QalImpf)
Then H227 spake H1696 (PielPerf) I with my tongue. H3956
[4] Lord, H3068 make me to know H3045 (HiphImpv) mine end, H7093 and the measure H4060 of my days, H3117 what it is;
That I may know H3045 (QalImpf) how frail H2310§ I am.
[5] Behold, thou hast made H5414 (QalPerf) my days H3117 as an handbreadth; H2947
And mine age H2465 is as nothing before thee: Verily every H3605 man H120 at his best state H5324 (NiphPtc)§ is altogether H3605 vanity. H1892 Selah. H5542
[6] Surely every man H376 walketh H1980 (HithImpf) in a vain shew: H6754 Surely they are disquieted H1993 (QalImpf) in vain: H1892
He heapeth up H6651 (QalImpf) riches, and knoweth H3045 (QalImpf) not who shall gather H622 (QalActPtc) them.
[7] And now, Lord, H136 what wait H6960 (PielPerf) I for?
My hope H8431 is in thee.
[8] Deliver H5337 (HiphImpv) me from all my transgressions: H6588
Make H7760 (QalImpf) me not the reproach H2781 of the foolish. H5036
[9] I was dumb, H481 (NiphPerf) I opened H6605 (QalImpf) not my mouth; H6310
Because thou didst H6213 (QalPerf) it. [10] Remove H5493 thy stroke H5061 away H5493 (HiphImpv) from me:
I am consumed H3615 (QalPerf) by the blow H8409§ of thine hand. H3027
[11] When thou with rebukes H8433 dost correct H3256 (PielPerf) man H376 for iniquity, H5771
Thou makest his beauty H2530 (QalPasPtc) to consume away H4529 (HiphImpf)§ like a moth: H6211
Surely every man H120 is vanity. H1892 Selah. H5542
[12] Hear H8085 (QalImpv) my prayer, H8605 O Lord, H3068 and give ear H238 (HiphImpv) unto my cry; H7775
Hold not thy peace H2790 (QalImpf) at my tears: H1832
For I am a stranger H1616 with thee,
And a sojourner, H8453 as all my fathers H1 were.
[13] O spare H8159 (HiphImpv) me, that I may recover strength, H1082 (HiphImpf)
Before I go hence, H3212 (QalImpf) and be no more.

Footnotes

  1. § 39:1 Heb. a bridle, or muzzle for my mouth
  2. § 39:2 Heb. troubled
  3. § 39:4 Or, what time I have here
  4. § 39:5 Heb. settled
  5. § 39:10 Heb. conflict
  6. § 39:11 Heb. that which is to be desired in him, to melt away
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