{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":39,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/38","next":"psalms/40","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"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.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 I said,“ I will watch my ways"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that I will not sin with my tongue;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will guard my mouth with a muzzle"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as long as the wicked are present.”"}],"h":"I Will Watch My Ways","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"I was speechless and still; I remained silent, [even] from [speaking] good, and my sorrow was stirred.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I was speechless and still;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I remained silent, [even] from [speaking] good,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my sorrow was stirred."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My heart grew hot within me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as I mused, the fire burned."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[Then] I spoke with my tongue:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"“ Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Show me, O LORD, my end"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the measure of my days."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Let me know how fleeting my life is."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"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","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You, indeed, have made my days [as] handbreadths,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my lifetime as nothing before You."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Truly each man at his best"},{"style":"indent2","t":"exists as but a breath."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up [riches] not knowing who will haul them away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely every man goes about like a phantom;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"surely he bustles in vain;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"he heaps up [riches]"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not knowing who will haul them away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"My hope is in You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Deliver me from all my transgressions;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not make me the reproach of fools."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because [of what] You have done.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have become mute;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I do not open my mouth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because [of what] You have done."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Remove Your scourge from me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am perishing by the force of Your hand."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"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","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"consuming like a moth what he holds dear;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"surely each man [is] but a vapor."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Hear my prayer, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and give ear to my cry for help;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"do not be deaf to my weeping."},{"style":"indent2","t":"For I am a foreigner dwelling with You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a stranger like all my fathers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Turn Your gaze away from me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that I may again be cheered"},{"style":"indent2","t":"before I depart and am no more.”"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David."}