Salmos 39

Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 I said, "I will guard my ways,

Lest I sin with my *Job 2:10; Ps. 34:13; (James 3:5–12)tongue;

I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,

While the wicked are before me."

2 *Ps. 38:13I was mute with silence,

I held my peace even from good;

And my sorrow was stirred up.

3 My heart was hot within me;

While I was musing, the fire burned.

Then I spoke with my tongue:

4 "Lord, *Ps. 90:12; 119:84make me to know my end,

And what is the measure of my days,

That I may know how frail I am.

5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,

And my age is as nothing before You;

Certainly every man at his best state is but *Ps. 62:9; (Eccl. 6:12)vapor.

Selah

6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;

Surely they busy themselves in vain;

He heaps up riches,

And does not know who will gather them.

7 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My *Ps. 38:15hope is in You.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;

Do not make me *Ps. 44:13; 79:4; 119:22the reproach of the foolish.

9 *Ps. 39:2I was mute, I did not open my mouth,

Because it was *2 Sam. 16:10; Job 2:10You who did it.

10 *Job 9:34; 13:21Remove Your plague from me;

I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,

You make his beauty *Job 13:28; (Ps. 90:7); Is. 50:9melt away like a moth;

Surely every man is vapor.

Selah

12 "Hear my prayer, O Lord,

And give ear to my cry;

Do not be silent at my tears;

For I am a stranger with You,

A sojourner, *Gen. 47:9; Lev. 25:23; 1 Chr. 29:15; Ps. 119:19; Heb. 11:13; 1 Pet. 2:11as all my fathers were.

13 *Job 7:19; 10:20, 21; 14:6; Ps. 102:24Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,

Before I go away and *(Job 14:10)am no more."