Psalms 39:4-13 ▼

4 “Yahweh, cause me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.

5 Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing before You; Surely every man, even standing firm, is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 Surely every man walks about as a shadow; Surely they make an uproar in vain; He piles up riches and does not know who will gather them.

7 “And now, Lord, what do I hope in? My expectation is in You.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the wicked fool.

9 I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.

10 Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am wasting away.

11 With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

12 “Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a sojourner with You, A foreign resident like all my fathers.

13 Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I go and am no more.”