Psalm 39
“1[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. 2 I was dumb
with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was
stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire
burned: [then] spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end,
and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I
[am]. 5 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. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew:
surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth
not who shall gather them.”
“7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee. 8 Deliver me
from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I
was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it]. 10 Remove thy
stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 11 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. 12
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]. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go
hence, and be no more.” (Psalms 39:1-13 AV)
Psalm 38
“1 [A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.]
O LORD, rebuke me
not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine
arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 [There is] no
soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any]
rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over
mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds
stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am
bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are
filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my
flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my
groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth
me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 11 My lovers
and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.”
“12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they
that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the
day long. 13 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb
man [that] openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth
not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I
hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, [Hear me], lest
[otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they
magnify [themselves] against me. 17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my
sorrow [is] continually before me. 18 For I will declare mine iniquity;
I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they
are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They
also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow
[the thing that] good [is]. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not
far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.” (Psalms
38:1-22 AV)
