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Psalm 39

Psalm

A psalm written by David, asking God not to forget him

39 Yahweh, when you are angry with me,

do not rebuke me and punish me!

2 Now it is as though you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me;

it is as though you have struck me and knocked me down.

3 Because you have been angry with me,

I am suffering great pain.

Because of my sin,

my whole body is diseased.

4 All my sins are like a flood that covers my head;

they are like a load that is very heavy; I cannot carry them.

5 Because I have done foolish things,

I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.

6 Sometimes I am bent over, and sometimes I lie prostrate;

I mourn all day.

7 My body is burning with fever,

and I am very ill.

8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength.

I am very distressed in my inner being, and I groan with pain.

9 Yahweh, you know that I desire you to heal me;

you hear me while I am groaning.

10 My heart pounds heavily, and all my strength is gone.

I am no longer able to see well.

11 My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores;

even my own family stays far from me.

12 Those who want to kill me set traps to catch me;

those who want to harm me discuss the ways that they can get rid of me;

they plot against me all day.

13 Now I act like a deaf man and do not listen to what they say.

I act like a man who cannot talk, and I say nothing to reply to them.

14 I act like a man who does not answer when people talk to him

because he cannot hear anything.

15 But Yahweh, I trust in you.

My Lord God, you will answer me.

16 I said to you, “Do not cause me to die so that my enemies will rejoice!

If troubles overwhelm me, my enemies will do very bad things to me!”

17 I say that because I am about to fall down,

and I constantly have pain.

18 I confess the wrong things that I have done;

I am very sorry for the sins that I have committed.

19 My enemies are healthy and strong;

there are many people who hate me for no reason.

20 Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them

oppose me because I try to do what is right.

21 Yahweh, do not abandon me!

My God, do not stay far from me!

22 Lord, you are the one who saves me;

Quickly come and help me!

Psalm

A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir director

39 I said to myself, “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say.

I will not say anything to complain to you

while wicked people are near to me and can hear me.”

2 So I was completely silent, and I did not even talk about things that were good;

but it was useless because I began to suffer even more.

3 I became very anxious in my inner being.

As I thought about my troubles, I became more worried.

Then finally I said this:

4 “Yahweh, show me how long I will live.

Tell me when I will die.

Tell me how many years I will live!

5 It seems that you have caused me to live only a short time;

my lifetime seems nothing to you.

The time that all we humans live is as short as a puff of air.

6 Then we disappear like a shadow does.

It seems that all that we do is for nothing.

We sometimes get a lot of money, but we do not even know who will get it after we die.

7 So now, Yahweh, I can expect to receive nothing from anyone else.

You are the only one from whom I confidently expect to receive blessings.

8 Deliver me from the sins that I have committed.

Do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.

9 I did not say anything when you punished me

because I knew that you were the one who caused me to suffer.

10 But now, please stop punishing me!

If you do not do that, I am about to die because of how you make me suffer.

11 When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed,

you destroy the things he loves like moths eat away at clothing.

Our lives disappear like a puff of air.

12 Yahweh, listen to me while I pray;

pay attention to me while I cry out to you.

Help me while I am crying.

I am here on the earth for only a short time,

like all my ancestors.

13 Now please allow me to be alone and do not punish me anymore

so that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die.”