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39:1	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.
39:2	I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:3	My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
39:4	LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
39:5	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.
39:6	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.
39:7	And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
39:8	Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:9	I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
39:10	Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
39:11	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.
39:12	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.
39:13	O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.


39:1	To the excellent musician Ieduthun. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.
39:2	I was dumme and spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.
39:3	Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindeled, and I spake with my tongue, saying,
39:4	Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.
39:5	Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
39:6	Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
39:7	And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
39:8	Deliuer me from all my transgressions, and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish.
39:9	I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.
39:10	Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.
39:11	When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
39:12	Heare my prayer, O Lord, and hearken vnto my cry: keepe not silence at my teares, for I am a strager with thee, and a soiourner as all my fathers.
39:13	Stay thine anger from me, that I may recouer my strength, before I go hence and be not.


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