Thematic Bible
Psalm 39:1 (show verse)
{To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."
Psalm 39:2 (show verse)
I held my tongue; I was dumb. I kept silence, yea even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me.
Psalm 39:3 (show verse)
My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing, the fire kindled, and at the last I spoke with my tongue,
Psalm 39:4 (show verse)
"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.
Psalm 39:5 (show verse)
Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah
Psalm 39:6 (show verse)
Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Psalm 39:7 (show verse)
"And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.
Psalm 39:8 (show verse)
Deliver me from all mine offenses; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.
Psalm 39:9 (show verse)
I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.
Psalm 39:10 (show verse)
Turn thy plagues away from me, for I am consumed through the fear of thy hand.
Psalm 39:11 (show verse)
When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.
Psalm 39:12 (show verse)
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalm 39:13 (show verse)
O spare me a little that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen."