Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 39

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1I saidH559, “I will watchH8104 my waysH1870so that I will not sinH2398 with my tongueH3956;I will guardH8104 my mouthH6310 with a muzzleH4269as long asH5750 the wickedH7563 are presentH5048.”2I was speechlessH481 and stillH1747;I remained silentH2814, even from speaking goodH2896,and my sorrowH3511 was stirredH5916.3My heartH3820 grew hotH2552 within meH7130;as I musedH1901, the fireH784 burnedH1197.

Then I spokeH1696 with my tongueH3956:

4“Show meH3045, O LORDH3068, my endH7093and the measureH4060 of my daysH3117.Let me knowH3045 H4100 howH4100 H1931 fleetingH2310 my life isH589.5You, indeedH2009, have madeH5414 my daysH3117 as handbreadthsH2947,and my lifetimeH2465 as nothingH369 before YouH5048.TrulyH389 eachH3605 manH120 at his bestH5324exists as but a breathH1892 H3605.SelahH55426SurelyH389 every manH376 goes aboutH1980 like a phantomH6754;surelyH389 he bustlesH1993 in vainH1892;he heaps upH6651 richesnotH3808 knowingH3045 whoH4310 will haul them awayH622.

7And nowH6258, O LordH136, for whatH4100 do I waitH6960?My hope isH8431 in YouH1931.8Deliver meH5337 from allH3605 my transgressionsH6588;do notH408 make meH7760 the reproachH2781 of foolsH5036.9I have become muteH481;I do notH3808 openH6605 my mouthH6310becauseH3588 of what YouH859 have doneH6213.10RemoveH5493 Your scourgeH5061 from meH5921;IH589 am perishingH3615 by the forceH8409 of Your handH3027.11You disciplineH3256 and correctH8433 a manH376 forH5921 his iniquityH5771,consumingH4529 like a mothH6211 what he holds dearH2530;surelyH389 eachH3605 manH120 is but a vaporH1892.SelahH554212HearH8085 my prayerH8605, O LORDH3068,and give earH238 to my cry for helpH7775;do notH408 be deafH2790 toH413 my weepingH1832.ForH3588 IH595 am a foreignerH1616 dwelling with YouH5973,a strangerH8453 like allH3605 my fathersH1.13Turn Your gazeH8159 away from meH4480,that I may again be cheeredH1082beforeH2962 I departH1980 and am no moreH369.”