Psalm 39 (Today's New International Version)

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For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David."

1 I said, "I will watch my ways¹ and keep my tongue from sin;² I will put a muzzle on my mouth³ while in the presence of the wicked." 2 So I remained utterly silent,⁴ not even saying anything good. But my anguish⁵ increased; 3 my heart grew hot⁶ within me. While I meditated,⁷ the fire⁸ burned; then I spoke with my tongue: 4 "Show me, LORD, my life's end and the number of my days;⁹ let me know how fleeting¹⁰ my life is.¹¹ 5 You have made my days¹² a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath,¹³ even those who seem secure.^a 6 "Surely everyone goes around¹⁴ like a mere phantom;¹⁵ in vain they rush about,¹⁶ heaping up wealth¹⁷ without knowing whose it will finally be.¹⁸ 7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.¹⁹ 8 Save me²⁰ from all my transgressions;²¹ do not make me the scorn²² of fools. 9 I was silent;²³ I would not open my mouth,²⁴ for you are the one who has done this.²⁵ 10 Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow²⁶ of your hand.²⁷ 11 When you rebuke²⁸ and discipline²⁹ people for their sins, you consume³⁰ their wealth like a moth³¹-- surely everyone is but a breath.³² 12 "Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help;³³ do not be deaf³⁴ to my weeping.³⁵ I dwell with you as a foreigner,³⁶ a stranger,³⁷ as all my ancestors were.³⁸ 13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."³⁹

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