Psalm 39 NKJV NIV Parallel

◄ Psalm 39 ►

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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 director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked."

2I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

2So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;

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. While I meditated, 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"Show me, LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.

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

5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.

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 everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.

7“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

7"But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

8Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.

9I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.

9I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.

10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah

11When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth-- surely everyone is but a breath.

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, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.”

13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."

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