rsv Psalms:39:3-9
rsv@Psalms:39:3 @ I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
rsv@Psalms:39:4 @ my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
rsv@Psalms:39:5 @ "LORD, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is!
rsv@Psalms:39:6 @ 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:39:7 @ 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 @ "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.
rsv@Psalms:39:9 @ Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the scorn of the fool!