Psalms 39 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 39

For the choirmaster.

For Jeduthun.

A Psalm

of David.

I 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.”

I was speechless

and still;

I held my peace,

even from good,

and my sorrow

was stirred.

My heart

grew hot

within me;

as I mused,

the fire

burned.

Then I spoke

with my tongue:

“Show me,

O LORD,

my end

and the measure

of my days.

Let me know

how

fleeting

my life is.

You, 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

Surely

every man

goes about

like a phantom;

surely

he bustles

in vain;

he heaps up riches

not

knowing

who

will haul them away.

Now,

Lord,

for what

do I wait?

My hope is

in

You.

Deliver me

from all

my transgressions;

do not

make me

the reproach

of fools.

I have become mute;

I do not

open

my mouth

because

it is You

who have done it.

Remove

Your scourge

from me;

I

am perishing

by the force

of Your hand.

You discipline

and correct

a man

for

his iniquity,

consuming

like a moth

what he holds dear;

surely

each

man

is but a vapor.

Selah

Hear

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 sojourner

like all

my fathers.

Turn Your gaze

away from me,

that I may again be cheered

before

I depart

and am no more.”

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