PsaMez PsalmsMezmurlar, psalmmezmur Book of PsalmsMezmurlar Kitabı, psalmmezmur 39

(For the one directing, even to Yedutun. Mizmor Dovid)

I said, I will be shomer over my ways,

that I sin not with my leshon;

I will be shomer over my mouth with a muzzle,

while the rashah is before me.

I was dumb with silence,

I held my peace for the sake of tov;

and my distress grew severe.

My lev became hot within me;

while I was musing the eish burned;

then I spoke with my leshon:

Hashem, make me to know mine end,

and the measure of my yamim, what it is;

that I may have da'as of how chadel (fleeting, frail) I am.

Hinei, Thou hast made my yamim as a handbreadth,

and mine lifespan is as nothing before Thee;

verily kol adam stand as kol hevel (altogether vanity).

Selah

Surely every ish walketh in a tzel (shadow);

surely they are in turmoil in vain;

he heapeth up riches, and hath no da'as of who shall gather them.

And now, Adonoi, what do I wait for?

My hope is in Thee.

Save me from all my peysha'im;

make me not the reproach of the foolish.

I was silent, I opened not my mouth;

because Atah (Thou) did it.

Remove Thy nega (stroke, scourge) away from me;

I am consumed by the blow of Thine yad.

When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for avon (iniquity),

Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:

surely kol adam are hevel (vanity).

Selah

Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and give ear unto my cry;

hold not Thy peace at my weeping;

for I am a ger with Thee,

and a sojourner, as were all my Avot.

O spare me from Thy frown, that I may recover strength,

before I depart, v'eineni (and I be no more).(a)39:14 T.N. Animal sacrifices cannot take away sin; they are only a shadow of the korban nefesh of Moshiach. See Ps 40 and MJ chp 10; Isa 53:10.