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. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are 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 mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I 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 mine 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 what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.

39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
39:5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.

39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
39:7 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
39:9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.

39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
39:10 Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your 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 with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah

39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto 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; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, 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 Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more."