KJV Psalms Chapter 39
To the chief Musician, |even| to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 1 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. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, |even| from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: |then| spake I with my tongue, 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|. 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. 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. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope |is| in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst |it|. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 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. 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|. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.