| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.” | 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." |
| 2I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up. | 2I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse. |
| 3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue: |
| 4“LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. | 4"LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. |
| 5Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah | 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. |
| 6Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them. | 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. |
| 7“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. | 7"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. |
| 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. | 8"Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. |
| 9I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. | 9"I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. |
| 10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. | 10"Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing. |
| 11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah | 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. |
| 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, as all my fathers were. | 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. |
| 13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.” | 13"Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more." |
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