To the chief Musician, even To Jeduthun, A Psalm of David

1I 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.

2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.   mute

3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,

4Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

5Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before You: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.   truly, absolutely; completely worthless

6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.   troubled

7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in You.   Adonai^p.f.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because You did it.

10Remove Your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.   infliction

11When You with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.   as nothing

12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with You, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.   HEB 11:13 | temporary resident

13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go from here, and be no more.