1 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. AKJV — Psalm 39:1
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. AKJV — Psalm 39:2
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue, AKJV — Psalm 39:3
4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. AKJV — Psalm 39:4
5 Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. AKJV — Psalm 39:5
6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. AKJV — Psalm 39:6
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you. AKJV — Psalm 39:7
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. AKJV — Psalm 39:8
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it. AKJV — Psalm 39:9
10 Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand. AKJV — Psalm 39:10
11 When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. AKJV — Psalm 39:11
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. AKJV — Psalm 39:12
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. AKJV — Psalm 39:13