Psalms 39
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
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.”
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 mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. 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 was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. 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“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
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.
5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as 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
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
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.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? 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. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
8(39-9) Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base.
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
9(39-10) I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.
10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
10(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.
11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” 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
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.
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.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist 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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