| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence." | 1For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm. I said, "I will guard my ways so that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are in my presence." |
| 2I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse. | 2I was speechless and quiet; I kept silent, even from speaking good, and my pain intensified. |
| 3My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, a fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:" |
| 4"LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. | 4 LORD, reveal to me the end of my life and the number of my days. Let me know how short-lived I am. |
| 5"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah. | 5You, indeed, have made my days short in length, and my life span as nothing in Your sight. Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor. Selah " |
| 6"Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them. | 6Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow. Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain, gathering possessions without knowing who will get them. |
| 7"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. | 7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. |
| 8"Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. | 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools. |
| 9"I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. | 9I am speechless; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. |
| 10"Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing. | 10Remove Your torment from me; I fade away because of the force of Your hand. |
| 11"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah. | 11You discipline a man with punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; every man is only a vapor. Selah " |
| 12"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers. | 12Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am a foreigner residing with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers. |
| 13"Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more." | 13Turn Your angry gaze from me so that I may be cheered up before I die and am gone." |
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