The Orthodox Jewish Bible TEHILLIM 39

1 (For the one directing, even to Yedutun. Mizmor Dovid)

2 I said, I will be shomer over my ways,

that I sin not with my leshon;

I will be shomer over my mouth with a muzzle,

while the rashah is before me.

3 I was dumb with silence,

I held my peace for the sake of tov;

and my distress grew severe.

4 My lev became hot within me;

while I was musing the eish burned;

then I spoke with my leshon:

5 Hashem, make me to know mine end,

and the measure of my yamim, what it is;

that I may have da'as of how chadel (fleeting, frail) I am.

6 Hinei, Thou hast made my yamim as a handbreadth,

and mine lifespan is as nothing before Thee;

verily kol adam stand as kol hevel (altogether vanity).

Selah

7 Surely every ish walketh in a tzel (shadow);

surely they are in turmoil in vain;

he heapeth up riches, and hath no da'as of who shall gather them.

8 And now, Adonoi, what do I wait for?

My hope is in Thee.

9 Save me from all my peysha'im;

make me not the reproach of the foolish.

10 I was silent, I opened not my mouth;

because Atah (Thou) did it.

11 Remove Thy nega (stroke, scourge) away from me;

I am consumed by the blow of Thine yad.

12 When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for avon (iniquity),

Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:

surely kol adam are hevel (vanity).

Selah

13 Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and give ear unto my cry;

hold not Thy peace at my weeping;

for I am a ger with Thee,

and a sojourner, as were all my Avot.

14 O spare me from Thy frown, that I may recover strength,

before I depart, v'eineni (and I be no more).*

*39:14 T.N. Animal sacrifices cannot take away sin; they are only a shadow of the korban nefesh of Moshiach. See Ps 40 and MJ chp 10; Isa 53:10.