Psalm 39:1 · WEB

I 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.”

Psalm 39:2 · WEB

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Psalm 39:3 · WEB

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

Psalm 39:4 · WEB

“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 39:5 · WEB

Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

Psalm 39:6 · WEB

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

Psalm 39:7 · WEB

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Open with Hopeful

Psalm 39:8 · WEB

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

Psalm 39:9 · WEB

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

Psalm 39:10 · WEB

Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

Psalm 39:11 · WEB

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

Psalm 39:12 · WEB

“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, 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.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 39:13 · WEB

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”