World English Bible

 

The Book of Psalms

 

Chapter 39

 

 

1.

 

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.'

    
 
 

2.

 

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

    
 
 

3.

 

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

    
 
 

4.

 

'Yahweh, make me to know my end, What is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

    
 
 

5.

 

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

    
 
 

6.

 

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

    
 
 

7.

 

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

    
 
 

8.

 

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

    
 
 

9.

 

I was mute, I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it.

    
 
 

10.

 

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

    
 
 

11.

 

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

    
 
 

12.

 

'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 sojourner, as all my fathers were.

    
 
 

13.

 

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more.' Psalm 40 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

    
 
 

Psalms 40

 

 

 

 

 
 
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