I Will Watch My Ways 1 ULT I said,“Let me guard my ways from sinning with my tongue. Let me guard a muzzle for my mouth while the wicked{ is} before me.” BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2 ULT I was mute{ with} silence; I was silent from good, and my pain was stirred up. BSB BSB: I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3 ULT My heart became hot within me; in my sighing, fire burned. I spoke with my tongue: BSB BSB: My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 ULT “Make me know my end, Yahweh, and the measure of my days, what it{ is}. May I know how transient I{ am.} BSB BSB: “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 ULT Behold, you have given my days{ as} handbreadths, and my lifetime{ is} as nothing before you. Surely every man stands{ as} all vapor. Selah BSB BSB: You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
6 ULT Surely a man walks about as an image; surely they make an uproar for vapor. He heaps up and does not know who will be gathering them. BSB BSB: Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
7 ULT And now, what do I wait for, Lord? My hope, it{ is} for you. BSB BSB: And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8 ULT Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of a fool. BSB BSB: Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
9 ULT I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for you, you have done{ it}. BSB BSB: I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
10 ULT Remove your plague from upon me; from the blow of your hand, I, I am finished. BSB BSB: Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11 ULT With rebukes on account of iniquity you discipline a man, and you dissolve like a moth his desired thing. Surely all mankind{ is} vapor. Selah BSB BSB: You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
12 ULT Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my weeping, for I{ am} a sojourner with you, a foreigner like all my fathers. BSB BSB: Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
13 ULT Look away from me that I may be cheerful before I go and I am no more.” BSB BSB: Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
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