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."

1 [To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.3 My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,4 Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.5 Behold, thou hast made my days {as} hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, {even} the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.6 Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them.7 And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done {it}.10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.11 When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.12 Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.13 Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.