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Psalms 39

1 I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."

1 I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence. ”

2 I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse.

2 I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse.

3 My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:

3 My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

4 "LORD , make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.

4 “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

5 "Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

6 "Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

7 "And now, Lord , for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

8 "Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

9 "I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.

9 I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

10 "Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

10 Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

11 "With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

11 When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD , and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.

12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

13 "Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more."

13 Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more! ”