Psalms 39:1-4

¹To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. — A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

²I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

³Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

⁴'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it is,' I know how frail I am.