For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said,{H559} I will take heed{H8104} to my ways,{H1870} That I sin{H2398} not with my tongue:{H3956} I will keep{H8104} my mouth{H6310} with a bridle,{H4269} While the wicked{H7563} is before me.

I was dumb{H481} with silence,{H1747} I held my peace,{H2814} even from good;{H2896} And my sorrow{H3511} was stirred.{H5916}

My heart{H3820} was hot{H2552} within{H7130} me; While I was musing{H1901} the fire{H784} burned:{H1197} [Then]{H227} spake{H1696} I with my tongue:{H3956}

Jehovah,{H3068} make me to know{H3045} mine end,{H7093} And the measure{H4060} of my days,{H3117} what it is; Let me know{H3045} how frail{H2310} I am.

Behold, thou hast made{H5414} my days{H3117} [as] handbreadths;{H2947} And my life-time{H2465} is as nothing before thee: Surely every{H3605} man{H120} at his best estate{H5324} is altogether{H3605} vanity.{H1892} {H5542}

[Surely every man]{H376} [walketh]{H1980} [in a vain show;]{H6754} [Surely they are disquieted]{H1993} [in vain:]{H1892} [He heapeth up]{H6651} [riches], and knoweth{H3045} not who shall gather{H622} them.

And now, Lord,{H136} what wait{H6960} I for? My hope{H8431} is in thee.

Deliver{H5337} me from all my transgressions:{H6588} Make{H7760} me not the reproach{H2781} of the foolish.{H5036}

I was dumb,{H481} I opened{H6605} not my mouth;{H6310} Because thou didst{H6213} it.

Remove{H5493} thy stroke{H5061} away{H5493} from me: I am consumed{H3615} by the blow{H8409} of thy hand.{H3027}

When thou with rebukes{H8433} dost correct{H3256} man{H376} for iniquity,{H5771} Thou makest his beauty{H2530} to consume away{H4529} like a moth:{H6211} Surely every man{H120} is vanity.{H1892} Selah{H5542}

Hear{H8085} my prayer,{H8605} O Jehovah,{H3068} and give ear{H238} unto my cry;{H7775} Hold not thy peace{H2790} at my tears:{H1832} For I am a stranger{H1616} with thee, A sojourner,{H8453} as all my fathers{H1} were.

Oh spare{H8159} me, that I may recover strength,{H1082} Before I go hence,{H3212} and be no more.