Psalms 39

1I said, I will be careful about what I say. I will not let my words cause me to sin. I will keep my mouth closed when I am around wicked people.

2So I did not speak. I kept quiet, I did not even speak good, and it made me suffer even more.

3I was very angry, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became. So, I said something.

4Lord, please tell me when I will die. For how long will I still live? Tell me how soon my life will be over.

5You have made my life very short, and all the days of my life are like nothing to You. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Pause and think

6Our life is like an image in a mirror. We rush through life collecting things, but we don’t know who will get them after we die.

7O Lord, what am I relying on? You are my only hope!

8Save me from all my sins, and don’t let fools make fun of me.

9I will not speak, and I will not say a word because my punishment is from you. Psalms 39: 10 Please stop punishing me. You will destroy me if you do not stop.

11You punish people for doing wrong to teach them the right way to live. As a moth destroys cloth, you destroy what people love. Yes, our lives are nothing. Pause and Think

12Lord, please listen to my prayer and my crying. Look at my tears, and don’t look away from me because I am like a stranger to You, or like a visitor, like my forefathers who came to You for a short while.

13Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more.