Psalm 39 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh, Make Me Know My End

For the choir director. For ¹Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will ^akeep watch over my waysThat I ^bmay not sin with my tongue;I will keep watch over ^cmy mouth as with a muzzleWhile the wicked are in my presence.”²I was ^amute with silence,I even kept silent from speaking good,And my anguish grew worse.³My ^aheart was hot within me,While I meditated the fire was burning;Then I spoke with my tongue:⁴“Yahweh, cause me to know ^amy endAnd what is the extent of my days;Let me know how ^btransient I am.⁵“Behold, You have made ^amy days as ¹handbreadths,And my ^blifetime as nothing before You;Surely every man, even standing firm, is ²altogether ^cvanity. ³ Selah.⁶“Surely every man ^awalks about as ¹a shadow;Surely they make an ^buproar in vain;He ^cpiles up riches and does not know who will gather them.⁷“And now, Lord, what do I hope in?My ^aexpectation is in You.⁸“^aDeliver me from all my transgressions;Make me not the ^breproach of the wicked fool.⁹“I have become ^amute, I do not open my mouth,Because it is ^bYou who have done it.¹⁰“^aRemove Your plague from me;Because of ^bthe opposition of Your hand I am wasting away.¹¹“With ^areproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;You ^bconsume as a moth what is precious to him;Surely ^cevery man is vanity. Selah.¹²“^aHear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help;Do not be silent ^bat my tears;For I am ^ca sojourner with You,A ^dforeign resident like all my fathers.¹³“^aTurn Your gaze away from me, that I may ¹smile againBefore I go and am no more.”