¹ I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.
I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” ² I was mute with silence. ³ My heart was hot within me.
While I meditated, the fire burned.
I spoke with my tongue: ⁴ “LORD, show me my end,
Let me know how frail I am. ⁵ Behold, you have made my days hand widths.
Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah. ⁶ “Surely every man walks like a shadow. ⁷ Now, Lord, what do I wait for? ⁸ Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. ⁹ I was mute. ¹⁰ Remove your scourge away from me. ¹¹ When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah. ¹² “Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.
Don’t be silent at my tears. ¹³ Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,