New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 39:2-9

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

7“And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My 18hope is in You.8 19Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the 20reproach of the foolish.9I have become 21mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is 22You who have done it.

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Notes

1. Psalms 39:2 Ps 38:13 ↩
2. Psalms 39:2 Lit with silence ↩
3. Psalms 39:2 Lit kept silence ↩
4. Psalms 39:2 Lit pain ↩
5. Psalms 39:3 Ps 32:4; Jer 20:9; Luke 24:32 ↩
6. Psalms 39:4 Job 6:11; Ps 90:12; 119:84 ↩
7. Psalms 39:4 Ps 78:39; 103:14 ↩
8. Psalms 39:5 Ps 89:47 ↩
9. Psalms 39:5 Ps 144:4 ↩
10. Psalms 39:5 Lit standing firm ↩
11. Psalms 39:5 Or altogether vanity ↩
12. Psalms 39:5 Job 14:2; Ps 62:9; Eccl 6:12 ↩
13. Psalms 39:5 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude ↩
14. Psalms 39:6 1 Cor 7:31; James 1:10, 11; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
15. Psalms 39:6 Lit an image ↩
16. Psalms 39:6 Ps 127:2; Eccl 5:17 ↩
17. Psalms 39:6 Ps 49:10; Eccl 2:26; 5:14; Luke 12:20 ↩
18. Psalms 39:7 Ps 38:15 ↩
19. Psalms 39:8 Ps 51:9, 14; 79:9 ↩
20. Psalms 39:8 Ps 44:13; 79:4; 119:22 ↩
21. Psalms 39:9 Ps 39:2 ↩
22. Psalms 39:9 2 Sam 16:10; Job 2:10 ↩

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