New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 39:2-9

2I was 1mute 2and silent, I 3refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.3My 4heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:4“Lord, let me know 5my end, And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how 6transient I am.5Behold, You have made 7my days like 8hand widths, And my 9lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is 10a mere 11breath. Selah6Certainly every person 12walks around as 13a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an 14uproar for nothing; He 15amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

7“And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My 16hope is in You.8 17Save me from all my wrongdoings; Do not make me an object of 18reproach for the foolish.9I have become 19mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is 20You 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 was silent from good ↩
4. Psalms 39:3 Ps 32:4; Jer 20:9; Luke 24:32 ↩
5. Psalms 39:4 Job 6:11; Ps 90:12; 119:84 ↩
6. Psalms 39:4 Ps 78:39; 103:14 ↩
7. Psalms 39:5 Ps 89:47 ↩
8. Psalms 39:5 I.e., short ↩
9. Psalms 39:5 Ps 144:4 ↩
10. Psalms 39:5 Or altogether breath ↩
11. Psalms 39:5 Job 14:2; Ps 62:9; Eccl 6:12 ↩
12. Psalms 39:6 1 Cor 7:31; James 1:10, 11; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
13. Psalms 39:6 Lit an image ↩
14. Psalms 39:6 Ps 127:2; Eccl 5:17 ↩
15. Psalms 39:6 Ps 49:10; Eccl 2:26; 5:14; Luke 12:20 ↩
16. Psalms 39:7 Ps 38:15 ↩
17. Psalms 39:8 Ps 51:9, 14; 79:9 ↩
18. Psalms 39:8 Ps 44:13; 79:4; 119:22 ↩
19. Psalms 39:9 Ps 39:2 ↩
20. Psalms 39:9 2 Sam 16:10; Job 2:10 ↩

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