Psalms - Chapter 39

1> I said, \"I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.\" 2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. 3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue: 4\"Yahweh, show me my end, What is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. 5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.\" Selah. 6\"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather. 7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish. 9I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it. 10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. 11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.\" Selah. 12\"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A foreigner, as all my fathers were. 13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more.\"