Psalms 39
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
2With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
3And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.
4“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
4And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord.
5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
5Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
6Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
7Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
8Then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
9That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
10I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.
11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
11I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.
12“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
12Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
13For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.
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14Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.
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15Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.
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16Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me: Tis well, tis well.
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17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.
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18But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack.
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