Psalms 39

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.	1 For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
2 I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.	2 I said, "I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will set a curb on my mouth."
3 I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed.	3 Dumb and silent before the wicked, I refrained from any speech. But my sorrow increased;
4 My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.	4 my heart smoldered within me. In my thoughts a fire blazed up, and I broke into speech:
5 I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me.	5 LORD, let me know my end, the number of my days, that I may learn how frail I am.
6 Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.	6 You have given my days a very short span; my life is as nothing before you. All mortals are but a breath. Selah
7 Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.	7 Mere phantoms, we go our way; mere vapor, our restless pursuits; we heap up stores without knowing for whom.
8 And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.	8 And now, Lord, what future do I have? You are my only hope.
9 Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.	9 From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools.
10 I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.	10 I was silent and did not open my mouth because you were the one who did this.
11 Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:	11 Take your plague away from me; I am ravaged by the touch of your hand.
12 thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted.	12 You rebuke our guilt and chasten us; you dissolve all we prize like a cobweb. All mortals are but a breath. Selah
13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.	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.
14 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.	14 Turn your gaze from me, that I may find peace before I depart to be no more.