Psalms 39 — WEBC

For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

39Verse 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.”^{Verse 2}I was mute with silence.I held my peace, even from good.
My sorrow was stirred.^{Verse 3}My heart was hot within me.While I meditated, the fire burned.I spoke with my tongue:^{Verse 4}“LORD, show me my end,
what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how frail I am.^{Verse 5}Behold, you have made my days hand widths.My lifetime is as nothing before you.Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
^{Verse 6}“Surely every man walks like a shadow.Surely they busy themselves in vain.
He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.^{Verse 7}Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.^{Verse 8}Deliver me from all my transgressions.Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.^{Verse 9}I was mute.I didn’t open my mouth,
because you did it.^{Verse 10}Remove your scourge away from me.I am overcome by the blow of your hand.^{Verse 11}When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,you consume his wealth like a moth.Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
^{Verse 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.^{Verse 13}Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,before I go away and exist no more.”