Psalms 39

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW JERUSALEM
1 [For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I wil watch how I behave so that I do notsin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'	1 [For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I wil watch how I behave so that I do notsin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'
2 I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.	2 I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.
3 My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words camebursting out,	3 My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words camebursting out,
4 'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.	4 'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.
5 'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you.Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,	5 'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you.Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,
6 every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- noknowing who wil profit from it.'	6 every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- noknowing who wil profit from it.'
7 So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.	7 So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.
8 Save me from al my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.	8 Save me from al my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.
9 I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.	9 I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.
10 Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.	10 Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.
11 You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a humanbeing is a mere puff of wind.	11 You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a humanbeing is a mere puff of wind.
12 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am astranger in your house, a nomad like al my ancestors.	12 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am astranger in your house, a nomad like al my ancestors.
13 Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!	13 Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!