Psalm

Chapter 39

New King James Version

1To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me." 2I was mute with silence, I held my peace [even] from good; And my sorrow was stirred up. 3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue: 4"LORD, make me to know my end, And what [is] the measure of my days, [That] I may know how frail I [am.] 5Indeed, You have made my days [as] handbreadths, And my age [is] as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state [is] but vapor. Selah 6Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up [riches,] And does not know who will gather them. 7"And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope [is] in You. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. 9I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did [it.] 10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. 11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man [is] vapor. 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 sojourner, as all my fathers [were.] 13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more."

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