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Salmos 39
Reina-Valera 1960
Salmos 39
Reina-Valera 1960
El carácter transitorio de la vida
Al músico principal; a Jedutún. Salmo de David.
39 Yo dije: Atenderé a mis caminos,
Para no pecar con mi lengua;
Guardaré mi boca con freno,
En tanto que el impío esté delante de mí.
2 Enmudecí con silencio, me callé aun respecto de lo bueno;
Y se agravó mi dolor.
3 Se enardeció mi corazón dentro de mí;
En mi meditación se encendió fuego,
Y así proferí con mi lengua:
4 Hazme saber, Jehová, mi fin,
Y cuánta sea la medida de mis días;
Sepa yo cuán frágil soy.
5 He aquí, diste a mis días término corto,
Y mi edad es como nada delante de ti;
Ciertamente es completa vanidad todo hombre que vive. Selah
6 Ciertamente como una sombra es el hombre;
Ciertamente en vano se afana;
Amontona riquezas, y no sabe quién las recogerá.
7 Y ahora, Señor, ¿qué esperaré?
Mi esperanza está en ti.
8 Líbrame de todas mis transgresiones;
No me pongas por escarnio del insensato.
9 Enmudecí, no abrí mi boca,
Porque tú lo hiciste.
10 Quita de sobre mí tu plaga;
Estoy consumido bajo los golpes de tu mano.
11 Con castigos por el pecado corriges al hombre,
Y deshaces como polilla lo más estimado de él;
Ciertamente vanidad es todo hombre. Selah
12 Oye mi oración, oh Jehová, y escucha mi clamor.
No calles ante mis lágrimas;
Porque forastero soy para ti,
Y advenedizo, como todos mis padres.
13 Déjame, y tomaré fuerzas,
Antes que vaya y perezca.
Psalm 39
New International Version
Psalm 39
New International Version
Psalm 39[a]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will watch my ways(A)
and keep my tongue from sin;(B)
I will put a muzzle on my mouth(C)
while in the presence of the wicked.”
2 So I remained utterly silent,(D)
not even saying anything good.
But my anguish(E) increased;
3 my heart grew hot(F) within me.
While I meditated,(G) the fire(H) burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;(I)
let me know how fleeting(J) my life is.(K)
5 You have made my days(L) a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(M)
even those who seem secure.[b]
6 “Surely everyone goes around(N) like a mere phantom;(O)
in vain they rush about,(P) heaping up wealth(Q)
without knowing whose it will finally be.(R)
7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.(S)
8 Save me(T) from all my transgressions;(U)
do not make me the scorn(V) of fools.
9 I was silent;(W) I would not open my mouth,(X)
for you are the one who has done this.(Y)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow(Z) of your hand.(AA)
11 When you rebuke(AB) and discipline(AC) anyone for their sin,
you consume(AD) their wealth like a moth(AE)—
surely everyone is but a breath.(AF)
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:1 In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.
- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Psalm 39
King James Version
Psalm 39
King James Version
39 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
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