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World English Bible

Psalm 39 (WEBP)

[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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 39 (KJVS)

[1] I said, () I will take heed () to my ways, That I sin () not with my tongue: I will keep () my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
[2] I was dumb () with silence, I held my peace, () even from good; And my sorrow was stirred. ()
[3] My heart was hot () within me, while I was musing the fire burned: () Then spake () I with my tongue.
[4] Lord, make me to know () mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; That I may know () how frail I am.
[5] Behold, thou hast made () my days as an handbreadth; And mine age is as nothing before thee: Verily every man at his best state () is altogether vanity. Selah.
[6] Surely every man walketh () in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted () in vain: He heapeth up () riches, and knoweth () not who shall gather () them.
[7] And now, Lord, what wait () I for? My hope is in thee.
[8] Deliver () me from all my transgressions: Make () me not the reproach of the foolish.
[9] I was dumb, () I opened () not my mouth; Because thou didst () it.
[10] Remove thy stroke away () from me: I am consumed () by the blow of thine hand.
[11] When thou with rebukes dost correct () man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty () to consume away () like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
[12] Hear () my prayer, O Lord, and give ear () unto my cry; Hold not thy peace () at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
[13] O spare () me, that I may recover strength, () Before I go hence, () and be no more.

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

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 39 (BYZ)

[1] [38:1] εις το τελος τω ιδιθουν ωδη τω δαυιδ [38:2] ειπα φυλαξω τας οδους μου του μη αμαρτανειν εν γλωσση μου εθεμην τω στοματι μου φυλακην εν τω συστηναι τον αμαρτωλον εναντιον μου
[2] [38:3] εκωφωθην και εταπεινωθην και εσιγησα εξ αγαθων και το αλγημα μου ανεκαινισθη
[3] [38:4] εθερμανθη η καρδια μου εντος μου και εν τη μελετη μου εκκαυθησεται πυρ ελαλησα εν γλωσση μου
[4] [38:5] γνωρισον μοι κυριε το περας μου και τον αριθμον των ημερων μου τις εστιν ινα γνω τι υστερω εγω
[5] [38:6] ιδου παλαιστας εθου τας ημερας μου και η υποστασις μου ωσει ουθεν ενωπιον σου πλην τα συμπαντα ματαιοτης πας ανθρωπος ζων διαψαλμα
[6] [38:7] μεντοιγε εν εικονι διαπορευεται ανθρωπος πλην ματην ταρασσονται θησαυριζει και ου γινωσκει τινι συναξει αυτα
[7] [38:8] και νυν τις η υπομονη μου ουχι ο κυριος και η υποστασις μου παρα σου εστιν
[8] [38:9] απο πασων των ανομιων μου ρυσαι με ονειδος αφρονι εδωκας με
[9] [38:10] εκωφωθην και ουκ ηνοιξα το στομα μου οτι συ ει ο ποιησας με
[10] [38:11] αποστησον απ εμου τας μαστιγας σου απο της ισχυος της χειρος σου εγω εξελιπον
[11] [38:12] εν ελεγμοις υπερ ανομιας επαιδευσας ανθρωπον και εξετηξας ως αραχνην την ψυχην αυτου πλην ματην ταρασσεται πας ανθρωπος διαψαλμα
[12] [38:13] εισακουσον της προσευχης μου κυριε και της δεησεως μου ενωτισαι των δακρυων μου μη παρασιωπησης οτι παροικος εγω ειμι παρα σοι και παρεπιδημος καθως παντες οι πατερες μου
[13] [38:14] ανες μοι ινα αναψυξω προ του με απελθειν και ουκετι μη υπαρξω

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.