# Psalms 39

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.*

## Text

[1] I said, “I will watch my ways
so that I will not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are present.” [2] I was speechless and still;
I remained silent, even from speaking good,
and my sorrow was stirred. [3] My heart grew hot within me;
as I mused, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue: [4] “Show me, O LORD, my end
and the measure of my days.
Let me know how fleeting my life is. [5] You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths,
and my lifetime as nothing before You.
Truly each man at his best
exists as but a breath.
Selah [6] Surely every man goes about like a phantom;
surely he bustles in vain;
he heaps up riches
not knowing who will haul them away. [7] And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in You. [8] Deliver me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the reproach of fools. [9] I have become mute;
I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done. [10] Remove Your scourge from me;
I am perishing by the force of Your hand. [11] You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity,
consuming like a moth what he holds dear;
surely each man is but a vapor.
Selah [12] Hear my prayer, O LORD,
and give ear to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
For I am a foreigner dwelling with You,
a stranger like all my fathers. [13] Turn Your gaze away from me,
that I may again be cheered
before I depart and am no more.”

## Each verse

- Psalms 39:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/1
- Psalms 39:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/2
- Psalms 39:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/3
- Psalms 39:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/4
- Psalms 39:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/5
- Psalms 39:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/6
- Psalms 39:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/7
- Psalms 39:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/8
- Psalms 39:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/9
- Psalms 39:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/10
- Psalms 39:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/11
- Psalms 39:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/12
- Psalms 39:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/39/13