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 remain in my presence."

39:2  I felt mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse.

39:3  My heart felt hot within me, While I mused the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:

39:4  "LORD, make me to know my end and what will constitute the extent of my days; Let me know the extent of my transience.

39:5  "Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best resembles 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? I hope 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 You caused it to happen.

39:10  "Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I perish.

39:11  "With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what he considers precious; Surely every man resembles a mere breath. Selah.

39:12  "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not remain silent at my tears; For You treat me as a stranger, A sojourner like all my fathers.

39:13  "Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and exist no more."