1I 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. 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; then spoke I with my tongue,

4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5Behold, 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. 6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; surely they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7And now, LORD, what wait I for? My hope is in Thee. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9I was dumb; I opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it. 10Remove Thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of Thine hand. 11When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah. 12Hear 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. 13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I depart {go hence}, and am {be} no more.