Psalm 39

1 {to the chief musician, even to jeduthun, a psalm of david } 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