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." |