Psalms 39
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
1(39-1) For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. (39-2) I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.'
2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
2(39-3) I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.
3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
3(39-4) My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:
4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
4(39-5) 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.
5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
5(39-6) Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
6(39-7) Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
7(39-8) And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
8(39-9) Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base.
9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
9(39-10) I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.
10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
10(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.
11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
11(39-12) With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah
12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
12(39-13) Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
13(39-14) Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'
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