Psalms 39
The Vanity Of Life
To The Chief Musician, Even To Jeduthun, A Psalm Of David
Audio Reading • Kings James Version
Psalms 39The Vanity Of Life
To The Chief Musician, Even To Jeduthun, A Psalm Of David
King James Version
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways,
that I sin not with my tongue:
I will keep my mouth with a bridle,
while the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence,I will keep my mouth with a bridle,
while the wicked is before me.
I held my peace, even from good;
and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me,and my sorrow was stirred.
while I was musing the fire burned:
then spake I with my tongue,
then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end,
and the measure of my days, what it is:
that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth;that I may know how frail I am.
and mine age is as nothing before thee:
verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew:verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
surely they are disquieted in vain:
he heapeth up riches,
and knoweth not who shall gather them.
he heapeth up riches,
and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for?
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;because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me:I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:
surely every man is vanity. Selah.
surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear unto my cry;
hold not thy peace at my tears:
for I am a stranger with thee,
and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength,hold not thy peace at my tears:
for I am a stranger with thee,
and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
before I go hence, and be no more.
What Is the Measure of My Days?