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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] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () τῷ () Ιδιθουν· ᾠδὴ () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Εἶπα () Φυλάξω () τὰς () ὁδούς () μου () τοῦ () μὴ () ἁμαρτάνειν () ἐν () γλώσσῃ () μου· () ἐθέμην () τῷ () στόματί () μου () φυλακὴν () ἐν () τῷ () συστῆναι () τὸν () ἁμαρτωλὸν () ἐναντίον () μου. ()
[2] Ἐκωφώθην καὶ () ἐταπεινώθην () καὶ () ἐσίγησα () ἐξ () ἀγαθῶν, () καὶ () τὸ () ἄλγημά μου () ἀνεκαινίσθη. ()
[3] Ἐθερμάνθη () ἡ () καρδία () μου () ἐντός () μου, () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () μελέτῃ μου () ἐκκαυθήσεται () πῦρ. () Ἐλάλησα () ἐν () γλώσσῃ () μου ()
[4] Γνώρισόν () μοι, () κύριε, () τὸ () πέρας () μου () καὶ () τὸν () ἀριθμὸν () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () μου, () τίς () ἐστιν, () ἵνα () γνῶ () τί () ὑστερῶ () ἐγώ. ()
[5] Ἰδοὺ () παλαιστὰς ἔθου () τὰς () ἡμέρας () μου, () καὶ () ἡ () ὑπόστασίς () μου () ὡσεὶ () οὐθὲν () ἐνώπιόν () σου· () πλὴν () τὰ () σύμπαντα ματαιότης, () πᾶς () ἄνθρωπος () ζῶν. () Διάψαλμα.
[6] Μέντοιγε ἐν () εἰκόνι () διαπορεύεται () ἄνθρωπος, () πλὴν () μάτην () ταράσσονται· () θησαυρίζει () καὶ () οὐ () γινώσκει () τίνι () συνάξει () αὐτά. ()
[7] Καὶ () νῦν () τίς () ἡ () ὑπομονή () μου; () Οὐχὶ () ὁ () κύριος; () Καὶ () ἡ () ὑπόστασίς () μου () παρὰ () σοῦ () ἐστιν. ()
[8] Ἀπὸ () πασῶν () τῶν () ἀνομιῶν () μου () ῥῦσαί () με, () ὄνειδος () ἄφρονι () ἔδωκάς () με. ()
[9] Ἐκωφώθην καὶ () οὐκ () ἤνοιξα () τὸ () στόμα () μου, () ὅτι () σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () ποιήσας () με. ()
[10] Ἀπόστησον () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () τὰς () μάστιγάς () σου· () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἰσχύος () τῆς () χειρός () σου () ἐγὼ () ἐξέλιπον. ()
[11] Ἐν () ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ () ἀνομίας () ἐπαίδευσας () ἄνθρωπον () καὶ () ἐξέτηξας ὡς () ἀράχνην τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ· () πλὴν () μάτην () ταράσσεται () πᾶς () ἄνθρωπος. () Διάψαλμα.
[12] Εἰσάκουσον () τῆς () προσευχῆς () μου, () κύριε, () καὶ () τῆς () δεήσεώς () μου () ἐνώτισαι· () τῶν () δακρύων μου () μὴ () παρασιωπήσῃς, ὅτι () πάροικος () ἐγώ () εἰμι () παρὰ () σοὶ () καὶ () παρεπίδημος () καθὼς () πάντες () οἱ () πατέρες () μου. ()
[13] Ἄνες () μοι, () ἵνα () ἀναψύξω () πρὸ () τοῦ () με () ἀπελθεῖν () καὶ () οὐκέτι () μὴ () ὑπάρξω.

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.