| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1For 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.” | 1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man." |
| 2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred. | 2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; |
| 3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words: |
| 4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. | 4"O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! |
| 5You, 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 | 5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. |
| 6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. | 6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." |
| 7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. | 7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! |
| 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. | 8Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults! |
| 9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. | 9I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. |
| 10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand. | 10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death! |
| 11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah | 11You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah) |
| 12Hear 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. | 12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. |
| 13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.” | 13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away. |
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