Read Psalms 39

World English Bible · 13 verses

1. ¹ For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ “Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. 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 foreigner, as all my fathers were.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org