I said, "I will aguard my ways That I bmay not sin with my tongue; I will guard cmy mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
2I was amute 1and silent, I 2refrained even from good, And my 3sorrow grew worse.
3My aheart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
4"LORD, make me to know amy end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how btransient I am.
5"Behold, You have made amy days as handbreadths, And my blifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man 1at his best is 2a mere cbreath. 3Selah.
6"Surely every man awalks about as 1a phantom; Surely they make an buproar for nothing; He camasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My ahope is in You.
8" aDeliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the breproach of the foolish.
9"I have become amute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is bYou who have done it.
10" aRemove Your plague from me; Because of bthe opposition of Your hand I am 1perishing.
11"With areproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You bconsume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely cevery man is a mere breath. Selah.
12" aHear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent bat my tears; For I am ca stranger with You, A dsojourner like all my fathers.
13" aTurn Your gaze away from me, that I may 1smile again Before I depart and am no more."