Psalms 39

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1 For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.	1 Magistro chori, Idithun. Psalmus. David.
2 I said, "I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will set a curb on my mouth."	2 Dixi: “ Custodiam vias meas, ut non delinquam in lingua mea; ponam ori meo custodiam, donec consistit peccator adversum me ”.
3 Dumb and silent before the wicked, I refrained from any speech. But my sorrow increased;	3 Tacens obmutui et silui absque ullo bono, et dolor meus renovatus est.
4 my heart smoldered within me. In my thoughts a fire blazed up, and I broke into speech:	4 Concaluit cor meum intra me, et in meditatione mea exarsit ignis.
5 LORD, let me know my end, the number of my days, that I may learn how frail I am.	5 Locutus sum in lingua mea: “ Notum fac mihi, Domine, finem meum; et numerum dierum meorum quis est, ut sciam quam brevis sit vita mea ”.
6 You have given my days a very short span; my life is as nothing before you. All mortals are but a breath. Selah	6 Ecce paucorum palmorum fecisti dies meos, et spatium vitae meae tamquam nihilum ante te. Etenim universa vanitas omnis homo constitutus est.
7 Mere phantoms, we go our way; mere vapor, our restless pursuits; we heap up stores without knowing for whom.	7 Etenim ut imago pertransit homo. Etenim vanitas est et concitatur; thesaurizat et ignorat quis congregabit ea.
8 And now, Lord, what future do I have? You are my only hope.	8 Et nunc quae est exspectatio mea, Domine? Spes mea apud te est.
9 From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools.	9 Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me, opprobrium insipienti ne ponas me.
10 I was silent and did not open my mouth because you were the one who did this.	10 Obmutui et non aperiam os meum, quoniam tu fecisti.
11 Take your plague away from me; I am ravaged by the touch of your hand.	11 Amove a me plagas tuas: ab ictu manus tuae ego defeci.
12 You rebuke our guilt and chasten us; you dissolve all we prize like a cobweb. All mortals are but a breath. Selah	12 In increpationibus, propter iniquitatem, corripuisti hominem, et tabescere fecisti, sicut tinea, desiderabilia eius. Etenim vanitas omnis homo.
13 Listen to my prayer, LORD, hear my cry; do not be deaf to my weeping! I sojourn with you like a passing stranger, a guest, like all my ancestors.	13 Exaudi orationem meam, Domine, et clamorem meum auribus percipe. Ad lacrimas meas ne obsurdescas, quoniam advena ego sum apud te, peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.
14 Turn your gaze from me, that I may find peace before I depart to be no more.	14 Avertere a me, ut refrigerer, priusquam abeam et non sim amplius.