Psalms 39:1-5 ▼

1 For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. [2] I said, “I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth.”

2 Mute and silent before the wicked, I refrain from good things. But my sorrow increases;

3 my heart smolders within me. In my sighing a fire blazes up, and I break into speech:

4 LORD, let me know my end, the number of my days, that I may learn how frail I am.

5 To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days; indeed, my life is as nothing before you. Every man is but a breath. Selah