Psalms 39:1-4

¹To the chief Musician, even 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 bridle, while the wicked is before me.

²I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

³My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.

⁴LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am .