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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 even to Jeduthun, H3038 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732

[1] I said, H559 I will take heed H8104 to my ways, H1870
That I sin H2398 not with my tongue: H3956
I will keep H8104 my mouth H6310 with a bridle, H4269§
While the wicked H7563 is before me.
[2] I was dumb H481 with silence, H1747 I held my peace, H2814 even from good; H2896
And my sorrow H3511 was stirred. H5916§
[3] My heart H3820 was hot H2552 within H7130 me, while I was musing H1901 the fire H784 burned: H1197
Then H227 spake H1696 I with my tongue. H3956
[4] Lord, H3068 make me to know H3045 mine end, H7093 and the measure H4060 of my days, H3117 what it is;
That I may know H3045 how frail H2310§ I am.
[5] Behold, thou hast made H5414 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§ is altogether H3605 vanity. H1892 Selah. H5542
[6] Surely every man H376 walketh H1980 in a vain shew: H6754 Surely they are disquieted H1993 in vain: H1892
He heapeth up H6651 riches, and knoweth H3045 not H3808 who shall gather H622 them.
[7] And now, Lord, H136 what H4100 wait H6960 I for?
My hope H8431 is in thee.
[8] Deliver H5337 me from all my transgressions: H6588
Make H7760 me not the reproach H2781 of the foolish. H5036
[9] I was dumb, H481 I opened H6605 not H3808 my mouth; H6310
Because H3588 thou didst H6213 it. [10] Remove H5493 thy stroke H5061 away H5493 from me:
I am consumed H3615 by the blow H8409§ of thine hand. H3027
[11] When thou with rebukes H8433 dost correct H3256 man H376 for iniquity, H5771
Thou makest his beauty H2530 to consume away H4529§ like a moth: H6211
Surely every man H120 is vanity. H1892 Selah. H5542
[12] Hear H8085 my prayer, H8605 O Lord, H3068 and give ear H238 unto H413 my cry; H7775
Hold not thy peace H2790 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 me, that I may recover strength, H1082
Before I go hence, H3212 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
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος, G5056 τῷ G3588 Ιδιθουν· ᾠδὴ G5603 τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ. G1138 Εἶπα G2036 Φυλάξω G5442 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 μου G3450 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 ἁμαρτάνειν G264 ἐν G1722 γλώσσῃ G1100 μου· G3450 ἐθέμην G5087 τῷ G3588 στόματί G4750 μου G3450 φυλακὴν G5438 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 συστῆναι G4921 τὸν G3588 ἁμαρτωλὸν G268 ἐναντίον G1726 μου. G3450 [2] ‡Ἐκωφώθην καὶ G2532 ἐταπεινώθην G5013 καὶ G2532 ἐσίγησα G4601 ἐξ G1537 ἀγαθῶν, G18 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἄλγημά μου G3450 ἀνεκαινίσθη. G340 [3] ‡Ἐθερμάνθη G2328 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου G3450 ἐντός G1787 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 μελέτῃ μου G3450 ἐκκαυθήσεται G1572 πῦρ. G4442 Ἐλάλησα G2980 ἐν G1722 γλώσσῃ G1100 μου G3450 [4] ‡Γνώρισόν G1107 μοι, G3427 κύριε, G2962 τὸ G3588 πέρας G4009 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ἀριθμὸν G706 τῶν G3588 ἡμερῶν G2250 μου, G3450 τίς G5101 ἐστιν, G2076 ἵνα G2443 γνῶ G1097 τί G5101 ὑστερῶ G5302 ἐγώ. G1473 [5] ‡Ἰδοὺ G2400 παλαιστὰς ἔθου G5087 τὰς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ὑπόστασίς G5287 μου G3450 ὡσεὶ G5616 οὐθὲν G3762 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου· G4675 πλὴν G4133 τὰ G3588 σύμπαντα ματαιότης, G3153 πᾶς G3956 ἄνθρωπος G444 ζῶν. G2198 Διάψαλμα. [6] ‡Μέντοιγε ἐν G1722 εἰκόνι G1504 διαπορεύεται G1279 ἄνθρωπος, G444 πλὴν G4133 μάτην G3155 ταράσσονται· G5015 θησαυρίζει G2343 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 γινώσκει G1097 τίνι G5101 συνάξει G4863 αὐτά. G846 [7] ‡Καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 τίς G5101 ἡ G3588 ὑπομονή G5281 μου; G3450 Οὐχὶ G3780 ὁ G3588 κύριος; G2962 Καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ὑπόστασίς G5287 μου G3450 παρὰ G3844 σοῦ G4675 ἐστιν. G2076 [8] ‡Ἀπὸ G575 πασῶν G3956 τῶν G3588 ἀνομιῶν G458 μου G3450 ῥῦσαί G4506 με, G3165 ὄνειδος G3681 ἄφρονι G878 ἔδωκάς G1325 με. G3165 [9] ‡Ἐκωφώθην καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἤνοιξα G455 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 μου, G3450 ὅτι G3754 σὺ G4771 εἶ G1488 ὁ G3588 ποιήσας G4160 με. G3165 [10] ‡Ἀπόστησον G868 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ G1699 τὰς G3588 μάστιγάς G3148 σου· G4675 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ἰσχύος G2479 τῆς G3588 χειρός G5495 σου G4675 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐξέλιπον. G1587 [11] ‡Ἐν G1722 ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ G5228 ἀνομίας G458 ἐπαίδευσας G3811 ἄνθρωπον G444 καὶ G2532 ἐξέτηξας ὡς G5613 ἀράχνην τὴν G3588 ψυχὴν G5590 αὐτοῦ· G846 πλὴν G4133 μάτην G3155 ταράσσεται G5015 πᾶς G3956 ἄνθρωπος. G444 Διάψαλμα. [12] ‡Εἰσάκουσον G1522 τῆς G3588 προσευχῆς G4335 μου, G3450 κύριε, G2962 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 δεήσεώς G1162 μου G3450 ἐνώτισαι· G1801 τῶν G3588 δακρύων μου G3450 μὴ G3361 παρασιωπήσῃς, ὅτι G3754 πάροικος G3941 ἐγώ G1473 εἰμι G1510 παρὰ G3844 σοὶ G4671 καὶ G2532 παρεπίδημος G3927 καθὼς G2531 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 πατέρες G3962 μου. G3450 [13] ‡Ἄνες G447 μοι, G3427 ἵνα G2443 ἀναψύξω G404 πρὸ G4253 τοῦ G3588 με G3165 ἀπελθεῖν G565 καὶ G2532 οὐκέτι G3765 μὴ G3361 ὑπάρξω.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 39:1 Originally verses 38:1–2.
  2. ‡ 39:2 Originally verse 38:3.
  3. ‡ 39:3 Originally verse 38:4.
  4. ‡ 39:4 Originally verse 38:5.
  5. ‡ 39:5 Originally verse 38:6.
  6. ‡ 39:6 Originally verse 38:7.
  7. ‡ 39:7 Originally verse 38:8.
  8. ‡ 39:8 Originally verse 38:9.
  9. ‡ 39:9 Originally verse 38:10.
  10. ‡ 39:10 Originally verse 38:11.
  11. ‡ 39:11 Originally verse 38:12.
  12. ‡ 39:12 Originally verse 38:13.
  13. ‡ 39:13 Originally verse 38:14.