39:1 I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence." |
39:2 I was mute and silent, I refrained {even} from good, And my sorrow grew worse. |
39:3 My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; {Then} I spoke with my tongue: |
39:4 "LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. |
39:5 "Behold, You have made my days {as} handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah. |
39:6 "Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses {riches} and does not know who will gather them. |
39:7 "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. |
39:8 "Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. |
39:9 "I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done {it.} |
39:10 "Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing. |
39:11 "With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah. |
39:12 "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 sojourner like all my fathers. |
39:13 "Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile {again} Before I depart and am no more." |