For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.

I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

2 I was mute with silence.

I held my peace, even from good.

My sorrow was stirred.

3 My heart was hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned.

I spoke with my tongue:

4 "Yahweh, show me my end,

what is the measure of my days.

Let me know how frail I am.

5 Behold, you have made my days hand widths.

My lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow.

Surely they busy themselves in vain.

He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.

Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

9 I was mute.

I didn’t open my mouth,

because you did it.

10 Remove your scourge away from me.

I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,

you consume his wealth like a moth.

Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.

12 "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.

Don’t be silent at my tears.

For I am a stranger with you,

a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,

before I go away and exist no more."

大卫的诗，交给诗班长耶杜顿。 1 我曾说："我要谨慎我的行为，

不让我的舌头犯罪；

恶人在我面前的时候，

我总要用罩子约束我的嘴。"

2 我静默不出声，

甚至连好话也不说*"甚至连好话也不说"或译："我安静也得不到安慰"，

我的痛苦就更加剧烈。

3 我的心在我里面发热；

我默想的时候，心里火烧；

我就用舌头说话：

4 "耶和华啊！求你使我知道我的结局，

我的寿数有多少，

使我知道我的生命多么短促。

5 你使我的日子窄如手掌，

我的一生在你面前如同无有；

各人站得最稳的时候，也只不过是一口气。*细拉

6 世人来来往往只是幻影，

他们忙乱也是虚空；

积聚财物，却不知道谁要来收取。

7 主啊！现在我还等候甚么呢？

我的指望在乎你。

8 求你救我脱离我的一切过犯，

不要使我遭受愚顽人的羞辱。

9 因为是你作了这事，

我就静默不开口。

10 求你除掉你降在我身上的灾祸；

因你手的责打，我就消灭。

11 你因人的罪孽，借着责罚管教他们，

叫他们所宝贵的消失，像被虫蛀蚀；

世人都不过是一口气。*细拉

12 耶和华啊！求你垂听我的祷告，

留心听我的呼求；

我流泪，求你不要缄默；

因为我在你面前是客旅，

是寄居的，像我所有的祖先一样。

13 求你不要怒视我，

使我在去而不返之先，可以喜乐。"