Psalms 39章 ESV | 微读圣经

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to 39:0 Ps. 62, title; 77, title; 1 Chr. 16:41; 25:1Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1I said, “I will 39:1 1 Kgs. 2:4; 2 Kgs. 10:31guard my ways,

that I 39:1 Job 2:10may not sin with my tongue;

I will 39:1 See Ps. 34:13guard my mouth with a muzzle,

so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

2I was 39:2 ver. 9; Job 40:4, 5; See Ps. 38:13mute and silent;

I held my peace to no avail,

and my distress grew worse.

3My 39:3 Jer. 20:9; Luke 24:32; [Job 32:18, 19]heart became hot within me.

As I mused, the fire burned;

then I spoke with my tongue:

4“O Lord, 39:4 Ps. 90:12make me know my end

and what is the measure of my days;

let me know how fleeting I am!

5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,

and 39:5 Ps. 89:47; 90:4my lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely 39:5 ver. 11; [Job 14:2]all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

6Surely a man 39:6 [1 Cor. 7:31; James 4:14] goes about as a shadow!

Surely for nothing39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath they are in turmoil;

man 39:6 Ps. 49:10; Job 27:16, 17; Luke 12:20; [Eccles. 2:18, 21, 26; Jer. 17:11]heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?

39:7 Ps. 38:15My hope is in you.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions.

39:8 See Ps. 44:13Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

939:9 ver. 2I am mute; I do not open my mouth,

39:9 2 Sam. 16:10; Job 2:10for it is you who have done it.

1039:10 Job 9:34; 13:21Remove your stroke from me;

I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

11When you discipline a man

with 39:11 Ps. 80:16rebukes for sin,

you 39:11 Ps. 49:14consume like a 39:11 Job 13:28; Isa. 50:9moth what is dear to him;

39:11 See ver. 5surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

1239:12 Ps. 102:1“Hear my prayer, O Lord,

and give ear to my cry;

hold not your peace at my tears!

For I am 39:12 Ps. 119:19; Lev. 25:23; 1 Chr. 29:15; Heb. 11:13; 1 Pet. 2:11; [Gen. 47:9]a sojourner with you,

39:12 Ps. 119:19; Lev. 25:23; 1 Chr. 29:15; Heb. 11:13; 1 Pet. 2:11; [Gen. 47:9]a guest, like all my fathers.

1339:13 Job 7:19Look away from me, that I may smile again,

39:13 Job 10:21before I depart and 39:13 Job 7:8; 14:10-12; 20:9am no more!”

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