# Psalm 39

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/39

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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*For the choir director. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.*

1. I said, “I will guard my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”
2. I was mute and silent; I held back even from saying anything good, and my pain grew worse.
3. My heart grew hot within me; as I brooded, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4. Yahweh, show me my end and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how fleeting I am.
5. See, you have made my days only a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every person, however firmly he stands, is only a breath. Selah.
6. Surely each person walks about like a mere shadow; surely they bustle about for nothing; he piles up wealth and does not know who will gather it.
7. And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8. Rescue me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
9. I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.
10. Remove your blow from me; I am worn out by the attack of your hand.
11. When you discipline someone with rebukes for guilt, you consume what he treasures like a moth. Surely every person is only a breath. Selah.
12. Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my tears. For I am a foreigner with you, a temporary resident, like all my ancestors.
13. Look away from me, so that I may smile again before I depart and am no more.

## Nearby chapters

[Psalm 38](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/38.md)
[Psalm 40](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/40.md)

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