Psalms 39
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David meditates on man's frailty | ||
| «To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.» I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me. | For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” | |
Verse 1 WEB For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” KJV To 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. TSK A. M. 2970. B.C. 1034. Jeduthun: ps 62:1, ps 77:1, 1ch 16:41, 1ch 25:1-6; I said: ps 119:9, 1ki 2:4, 2ki 10:31, pr 4:26,27, heb 2:1; that I: ps 12:4, ps 73:8,9, ps 141:3, pr 18:21, pr 21:23; my mouth, etc: jas 1:26, jas 3:2-8; while: am 5:13, mic 7:5,6, col 4:5 |
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| I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow. | I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. | |
Verse 2 WEB I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. KJV I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. TSK I was: ps 38:13,14, isa 53:7, mt 27:12-14; even: mt 7:6; my sorrow: job 32:19,20, ac 4:20 |
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| My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue, | My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue: | |
Verse 3 WEB My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue: KJV My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, TSK My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,: jer 20:9, eze 3:14, lu 24:32 |
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| Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am. | “Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. | |
Verse 4 WEB “Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. KJV LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. |
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| You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.) | Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah. | |
Verse 5 WEB Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah. KJV Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. TSK Behold: ps 90:4,5,9,10, ge 47:9, job 7:6, job 9:25,26, job 14:1,2, jas 4:14; as nothing: ps 89:47, 2pe 3:8; verily: ps 39:11, ps 62:9, ps 144:4, ec 1:2, ec 2:11, isa 40:17 |
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| Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it. | “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather. | |
Verse 6 WEB “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather. KJV Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. TSK a vain shew: 1co 7:31, jas 4:14; surely: ec 1:14, ec 2:17,18,20,21, ec 4:7,8, ec 6:11,12, ec 12:8,13, isa 55:2, lu 10:40-42, lu 12:20,21,29, 1pe 5:7; he heapeth: ps 49:10,11, job 27:16,17, pr 13:22, pr 23:5, pr 27:24, ec 2:8,18-21,26, ec 5:14, lu 12:20,21, jas 5:3 |
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He applies for pardon and salvation | ||
| And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you. | Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. | |
Verse 7 WEB Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. KJV And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. TSK what wait: ps 130:5,6, ge 49:18, lu 2:25; hope: ps 38:15, ps 119:81,166, job 13:15, ro 15:13 |
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| Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour. | Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. | |
Verse 8 WEB Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. KJV Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. TSK Deliver: ps 25:11,18, ps 51:7-10,14, ps 65:3, ps 130:8, mic 7:19, mt 1:21, tit 2:14; make: ps 35:21, ps 44:13, ps 57:3, ps 79:4, ps 119:39, 2sa 16:7,8, joe 2:17,19, ro 2:23,24 |
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| I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it. | I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it. | |
Verse 9 WEB I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it. KJV I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. TSK I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.: ps 38:13, le 10:3, 1sa 3:18, 2sa 16:10, job 1:21, job 2:10, job 40:4,5, da 4:35 |
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| No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand. | Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. | |
Verse 10 WEB Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. KJV Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. TSK Remove: ps 25:16,17, 1sa 6:5, job 9:34, job 13:21; I am consumed: ps 38:3,4; blow: job 40:8 |
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| By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.) | When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah. | |
Verse 11 WEB When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah. KJV When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. TSK When: ps 38:1-8, ps 90:7-10, 1co 5:5, 1co 11:30-32, heb 12:6, re 3:19; his beauty, etc: ps 102:10,11, job 4:19, job 13:28, job 30:30, isa 50:9, ho 5:12 |
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| Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers. | “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. | |
Verse 12 WEB “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. KJV Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. TSK hold: ps 56:8, ps 116:3, 2sa 16:12, 2ki 20:5, job 16:20, heb 5:7; for I am: ps 119:19,54, le 25:23, 1ch 29:15, 2co 5:6, heb 11:13, 1pe 1:17, 1pe 2:11; as all: ge 47:9 |
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| Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing. | Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.” | |
Verse 13 WEB Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.” KJV O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. TSK spare: job 10:20,21, job 14:5,6; be no: ge 5:24, ge 42:36, job 14:10-12 |
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