Psalms, Chapter 39

1. To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.    2. I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; and my pain was stirred.    3. My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:    4. O LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; I know how frail I am .    5. Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.    6. Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.    7. And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.    8. Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the fool.    9. I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it .    10. Remove Your stroke away from me; I am destroyed by the blow of Your hand.    11. You correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, and you make his desires vanish away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.    12. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were .    13. Look away from me, and I will smile before I go away and be no more.