1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Psalms 39

1 David's care of his thoughts. 4 The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life, 7 the reverence of God's judgments, 10 and prayer, are his bridles of impatience.

 39:1 ¶ [[To the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Melody of David.]] I said, [to myself,] I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue,—I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.

 39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:

 39:3 Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!

 39:4 Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

 39:5 Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]

 39:6 Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

 39:7 ¶ Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.

 39:8 From all my transgressions, rescue thou me,—The reproach of the base, oh do not make me!

 39:9 I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, thou, hast done it.

 39:10 Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.

 39:11 When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. [Selah.]

 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent,—For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

 39:13 Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.