For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. Pro 21:23Psa 141:3Jas 1:26Psa 119:9Mic 7:5-6Psa 34:13Jas 3:2-8Pro 18:21
I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
I was mute with silence. Act 4:20Mat 27:12-14Isa 53:7Psa 38:13-14Job 32:19-20Mat 7:6
I held my peace, even from good.
My sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me. Jer 20:9Luk 24:32Ezk 3:14
While I meditated, the fire burned.
I spoke with my tongue:
“LORD, show me my end, Psa 90:12Psa 103:14Psa 119:84Job 14:13
what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how frail I am.
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. Psa 144:4Psa 89:47Psa 62:9Psa 90:9-10Ecc 2:11Psa 39:11Jas 4:14Job 14:1-2
My lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Luk 12:20-21Ecc 2:26Jas 4:141Co 7:31Ecc 12:13Psa 127:21Pe 5:7Ecc 2:17-21
Surely they busy themselves in vain.
He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? Rom 15:13Psa 38:15Psa 119:81Gen 49:18Job 13:15Psa 119:166Luk 2:25Psa 130:5-6
My hope is in you.
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Psa 44:13Psa 51:14Jol 2:17Mic 7:19Jol 2:19Psa 130:8Psa 25:11Psa 25:18
Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
I was mute. Job 2:101Sa 3:182Sa 16:10Dan 4:35Job 1:21Job 40:4-5Lev 10:3Psa 38:13
I didn’t open my mouth,
because you did it.
Remove your scourge away from me. Job 9:34Job 13:21Psa 25:16-17Psa 32:4Psa 38:3-41Sa 6:5Job 40:8
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, Job 13:28Heb 12:6Isa 50:91Co 11:30-32Rev 3:191Co 5:5Psa 102:10-112Pe 2:16
you consume his wealth like a moth.
Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. 1Pe 2:11Heb 11:132Ki 20:5Lev 25:23Gen 47:9Psa 116:3Psa 119:191Ch 29:15
Don’t be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with you,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Job 10:20-21Job 14:10-12Job 14:5-6Job 7:19Gen 42:36Gen 5:24
before I go away and exist no more.”