rsv@Psalms:39:1 @ I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
rsv@Psalms:39:2 @ I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
rsv@Psalms:39:3 @ my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
rsv@Psalms:39:4 @ "LORD, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is!
rsv@Psalms:39:5 @ Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! (Selah)
rsv@Psalms:39:6 @ Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nought are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!
rsv@Psalms:39:8 @ Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the scorn of the fool!
rsv@Psalms:39:9 @ I am dumb, I do not open my mouth; for it is thou who hast done it.
rsv@Psalms:39:10 @ Remove thy stroke from me; I am spent by the blows of thy hand.
rsv@Psalms:39:11 @ When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! (Selah)
rsv@Psalms:39:12 @ "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
rsv@Psalms:39:13 @ Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!"