Tehillim (Psalms) 39:1-13 TS2009[1] I have said,”Let me guard my ways Against sinning with my tongue; Let me guard my mouth with a muzzle, While the wrongdoer is before me.” [2] I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; And my pain was stirred. [3] My heart was hot within me; While I was meditating, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: [4] “יהוה, let me know my end, And the measure of my days, what it is, Let me know how short-lived I am. [5] See, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime is as non-existence before You; Only, all men standing, are all breath. Selah.” [6] As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them. [7] “And now, יהוה, what do I wait for? My expectancy is in You. [8] Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.” [9] “I was dumb, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. [10] Turn aside Your stroke from me; I am overcome by the blow of Your hand.” [11] “When You chastise man for crookedness with reproofs, You consume what he loves, like a moth; All men are but a breath. Selah. [12] Hear my prayer, O יהוה, 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.” [13] Look away from me, That I might brighten up, Before I go away and am no more. TEHILLIM 39 1-13 TS2009
