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