New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 39:1-6

1 1I said, “I will 2guard my ways That I 3may not sin with my tongue; I will guard 4my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.”2I was 5mute 6and silent, I 7refrained even from good, And my 8sorrow grew worse.3My 9heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:4“Lord, make me to know 10my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how 11transient I am.5Behold, You have made 12my days as handbreadths, And my 13lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man 14at his best is 15a mere 16breath. 17Selah.6Surely every man 18walks about as 19a phantom; Surely they make an 20uproar for nothing; He 21amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

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Notes

1. Psalms 39:1 1 Chr 16:41 ↩
2. Psalms 39:1 1 Kin 2:4; 2 Kin 10:31; Ps 119:9 ↩
3. Psalms 39:1 Job 2:10; Ps 34:13; James 3:5-12 ↩
4. Psalms 39:1 Ps 141:3; James 3:2 ↩
5. Psalms 39:2 Ps 38:13 ↩
6. Psalms 39:2 Lit with silence ↩
7. Psalms 39:2 Lit kept silence ↩
8. Psalms 39:2 Lit pain ↩
9. Psalms 39:3 Ps 32:4; Jer 20:9; Luke 24:32 ↩
10. Psalms 39:4 Job 6:11; Ps 90:12; 119:84 ↩
11. Psalms 39:4 Ps 78:39; 103:14 ↩
12. Psalms 39:5 Ps 89:47 ↩
13. Psalms 39:5 Ps 144:4 ↩
14. Psalms 39:5 Lit standing firm ↩
15. Psalms 39:5 Or altogether vanity ↩
16. Psalms 39:5 Job 14:2; Ps 62:9; Eccl 6:12 ↩
17. Psalms 39:5 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude ↩
18. Psalms 39:6 1 Cor 7:31; James 1:10, 11; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
19. Psalms 39:6 Lit an image ↩
20. Psalms 39:6 Ps 127:2; Eccl 5:17 ↩
21. Psalms 39:6 Ps 49:10; Eccl 2:26; 5:14; Luke 12:20 ↩

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