Psalms 39

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

I was mute and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,

my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

“Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is!

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath!Selah

Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nought are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the scorn of the fool!

I am silent, I do not open my mouth; for it is you who have done it.

Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the blows of your hand.

When you chasten man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath!Selah

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am your passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!”