◄ Psalm 39 ►
JPS Tanakh 1917 1For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 2I 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.’ 3I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; And my pain was held in check. 4My heart waxed hot within me; While I was musing, the fire kindled; Then spoke I with my tongue: 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. 6Behold, 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 7Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; Surely for vanity they are in turmoil; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 8And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee. 9Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the base. 10I am dumb, I open not my mouth; Because Thou hast done it. 11Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. 12With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, And like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; Surely every man is vanity. Selah 13Hear 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. 14Look away from me, that I may take comfort, Before I go hence, and be no more.’ JPS Tanakh 1917: THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT. A NEW TRANSLATION. Jewish Publication Society. 1917. Bible Hub