39 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
39 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 39
|
|
1 I said, “I will guard my ways,
|
|
that I may not sin with my tongue;
|
|
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,
|
|
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
|
|
2 I was mute and silent;
|
|
I held my peace to no avail,
|
|
and my distress grew worse.
|
|
3 My heart became hot within me.
|
|
As I mused, the fire burned;
|
|
then I spoke with my tongue:
|
|
4 “O Lord, make me know my end
|
|
and what is the measure of my days;
|
|
let me know how fleeting I am!
|
|
5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
|
|
and my lifetime is as nothing before you.
|
|
Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
|
|
6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
|
|
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
|
|
man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
|
|
7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
|
|
My hope is in you.
|
|
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.
|
|
Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
|
|
9 I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
|
|
for it is you who have done it.
|
|
10 Remove your stroke from me;
|
|
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
|
|
11 When you discipline a man
|
|
with rebukes for sin,
|
|
you consume like a moth what is dear to him;
|
|
surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
|
|
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
|
|
and give ear to my cry;
|
|
hold not your peace at my tears!
|
|
For I am a sojourner with you,
|
|
a guest, like all my fathers.
|
|
13 Look away from me, that I may smile again,
|
|
before I depart and am no more!” |