nsb@Psalms:39:1 @ I said: »I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue. I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle while the wicked are in my presence.«
nsb@Psalms:39:2 @ I was silent and refrained from good. My sorrow grew worse.
nsb@Psalms:39:3 @ My heart grew hot within me. A fire would kindle during my meditation. Then I spoke with my tongue:
nsb@Psalms:39:4 @ »Jehovah, please make me to know my end. What is the extent of my days? Let me know how temporary I am.
nsb@Psalms:39:5 @ »Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.
nsb@Psalms:39:6 @ »Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
nsb@Psalms:39:8 @ »Deliver me from all my sin. Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools.
nsb@Psalms:39:9 @ »I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you have done this.
nsb@Psalms:39:10 @ »Remove the plague you laid upon me. My life is over because you apposed me with your hand.
nsb@Psalms:39:11 @ »With stern reproof you discipline people for their iniquity. Like a moth you consume what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a breath of air.
nsb@Psalms:39:12 @ »Hear my prayer, O Jehovah. Open your ear to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my fathers.
nsb@Psalms:39:13 @ »Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more.«