Psalm 39

To the chief Musician, even to *Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 1 I said, I will atake heed to my ways, That bI sin not with my tongue: I will keep †cmy mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me. 2 dI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even ddfrom good; And my sorrow was †stirred. 3 eMy heart was hot within me, While I was fmusing the fire burned: Then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord, gMake me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; That I may know ||how hfrail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an ihandbreadth; And kmine lage is as nothing before thee: mVerily every man †at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in †a vain shew: mSurely they nare disquieted in vain: oHe heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? pMy hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: qMake me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 rI was dumb, I opened not my mouth; sBecause thou didst it. 10 tRemove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the †blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with urebukes dost correct man for iniquity, wThou makest †his beauty to consume away xlike a moth: ySurely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 yyHear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear unto my cry; zHold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a astranger with thee, And aa sojourner, bas all my fathers were. 13 O cspare me, that I may drecover strength, eBefore I go hence, and be no more.