| New International Version | King James Bible |
| 1For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked." | 1To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 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. |
| 2So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased; | 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. |
| 3my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: | 3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, |
| 4"Show me, LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. | 4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. |
| 5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. | 5Behold, 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 everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. | 6Surely 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"But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. | 7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. |
| 8Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. | 8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. |
| 9I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. | 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. |
| 10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. | 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. |
| 11When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth-- surely everyone is but a breath. | 11When 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, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were. | 12Hear 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. |
| 13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more." | 13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. |
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