Psalm 39
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1I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."1I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
2I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.2I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse.
3My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.4“O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!
5Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
6In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.6Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
7How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me."8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
9I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
10Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
11You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude11When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
12Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.12“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
13Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more.13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!”
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Psalm 38
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