Psalm 39.
To the chief musician.
Even to Jonathan, a Psalm of David.
Psalm 39 - To the chief Musician,
even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
I said, I will take heed to my ways,
that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle,
while the wicked is before me.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace,
even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me, while
I was musing the fire burned:
then spake I with my tongue,
Lord, make me to know mine end,
and the measure of my days, what it
is: that I may know how frail I am.
Behold, thou hast made my days as
an handbreadth; and mine age is as
nothing before thee: verily every man
at his best state is altogether vanity.
Selah.
Surely every man walketh in a vain
shew: surely they are disquieted
in vain: he heapeth up riches, and
knoweth not who shall gather them.
And now, Lord, what wait I for?
my hope is in thee.
Deliver me from all my transgressions:
make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I was dumb, I opened not my
mouth; because thou didst it.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am
consumed by the blow of thine hand.
When thou with rebukes dost correct
man for iniquity, thou makest
his beauty to consume away like a
moth: surely every man is vanity.
Selah.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear
unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my
tears: for I am a stranger with thee,
and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
O spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go hence, and be no more.