Psalms 39:1-7

¹For the chief musician, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I decided, “I will watch what I say so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will muzzle my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

²I kept silent; I kept back my words even from saying anything good, and my pain grew worse.

³My heart became hot; when I thought about these things, it burned like a fire. Then finally I spoke.

⁴“Yahweh, make me know when will be the end of my life and the extent of my days. Show me how transient I am.

⁵See, you have made my days only the width of my hand, and my lifetime is like nothing before you. Surely every man is a single breath. Selah

⁶Surely every man walks about like a shadow. Surely everyone hurries about to accumulate riches although they do not know who will receive them.

⁷Now, Lord, for what am I waiting? You are my only hope.