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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.

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