| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around." | 1I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” |
| 2I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened. | 2I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. |
| 3My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out: | 3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: |
| 4"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is. | 4“O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! |
| 5Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude | 5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah |
| 6In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them. | 6Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! |
| 7How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you. | 7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. |
| 8Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me." | 8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! |
| 9I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted. | 9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. |
| 10Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand. | 10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. |
| 11You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude | 11When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah |
| 12Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were. | 12“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. |
| 13Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. | 13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!” |
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