39:1 To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:1 {To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} I spoke with my tongue.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} I spoke with my tongue,
39:4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it {is}; {that} I may know how frail I {am}.
39:4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it {is; that} I may know how frail I {am}.
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days {as} a hand-breadth; and my age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah.
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an hand breadth; and my age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah.
39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah.
39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I {am} a stranger with thee, {and} a sojourner, as all my fathers {were}.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I {am} a stranger with thee, {and} a sojourner, as all my fathers {were}.
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I depart, and be no more.
39:1 {To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} I spoke with my tongue.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} I spoke with my tongue,
39:4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it {is}; {that} I may know how frail I {am}.
39:4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it {is; that} I may know how frail I {am}.
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days {as} a hand-breadth; and my age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah.
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an hand breadth; and my age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah.
39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah.
39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I {am} a stranger with thee, {and} a sojourner, as all my fathers {were}.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I {am} a stranger with thee, {and} a sojourner, as all my fathers {were}.
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I depart, and be no more.
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