诗篇 39
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
大卫的诗。交给圣咏团长耶杜顿。
受苦者的认罪
39 我曾说：“我要谨慎我的言行，
免得我的舌头犯罪；
恶人在我面前的时候，
我要用嚼环勒住我的口。”
2 我默然无声，连好话也不出口，
我的愁苦就更加深。
3 我的心在我里面发热；
我默想的时候，火就烧起，
我用舌头说话：
4 “耶和华啊，求你让我晓得我的结局，
我的寿数几何，
使我知道我的生命何等短暂！
5 看哪，你使我的年日窄如手掌，
我一生的年数，在你面前如同无有；
各人最稳妥的时候，真是全然虚幻。（细拉）
6 世人行动实系幻影，
他们忙乱，真是枉然，
积蓄财宝，不知将来有谁收取。
7 “主啊，如今我等什么呢？
我的指望在乎你！
8 求你救我脱离一切的过犯，
不要使我受愚顽人的羞辱。
9 我保持沉默，闭口不言，
因为这一切都是你所做的。
10 求你从我身上免去你的责罚；
因你手的责打，我就消灭。
11 因人的罪恶你惩罚管教他的时候，
如蛀虫一般，吃掉他所喜爱的。
世人真是虚幻！（细拉）
12 “耶和华啊，求你听我的祷告，
侧耳听我的呼求！
我流泪，求你不要静默无声！
因为在你面前我是客旅，
是寄居的，像我列祖一般。
13 求你宽容我，
使我在去而不返之先可以喜乐。”
Psalm 39
English Standard Version
What Is the Measure of My Days?
To the choirmaster: to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will (B)guard my ways,
that I (C)may not sin with my tongue;
I will (D)guard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
2 I was (E)mute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
3 My (F)heart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “O Lord, (G)make me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!
5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and (H)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (I)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
6 Surely a man (J)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (K)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
(L)My hope is in you.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.
(M)Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
9 (N)I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
(O)for it is you who have done it.
10 (P)Remove your stroke from me;
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
11 When you discipline a man
with (Q)rebukes for sin,
you (R)consume like a (S)moth what is dear to him;
(T)surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
12 (U)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (V)a sojourner with you,
(W)a guest, like all my fathers.
13 (X)Look away from me, that I may smile again,
(Y)before I depart and (Z)am no more!”
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
Psalm 39
1599 Geneva Bible
39 1 David uttereth with what great grief and bitterness of mind he was driven to these outrageous complaints of his infirmities. 2 For he confesseth that when he had determined silence, that he brast forth yet into words, that he would not, through the greatness of his grief. 4 Then he rehearseth certain requests which taste of the infirmity of man. 8 And mixeth with them many prayers: but all do show a mind wonderfully trembled, that it may plainly appear how he did strive mightily against death and desperation.
To the excellent Musician [a]Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I thought, [b]I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth bridled, while the wicked is in my sight.
2 I was dumb and spake nothing: I kept silence even from good, [c]and my sorrow was more stirred.
3 Mine heart was hot within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindled, and I [d]spake with my tongue, saying,
4 Lord, let me know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: let me know how long I have to live.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely every man in his best state is altogether [e]vanity. Selah.
6 Doubtless man walketh in a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
7 And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is even in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions, and make me not a rebuke unto the [f]foolish.
9 I should have been dumb, and not have opened my mouth, because [g]thou didst it.
10 Take thy plague away from me: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost chastise man for iniquity, thou as a moth [h]makest his [i]beauty to consume: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and hearken unto my cry: keep not silence at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers.
13 Stay thine anger from me, that I may recover my strength, [j]before I go hence and be not.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:1 This was one of the chief singers, 1 Chron. 16:41.
- Psalm 39:1 Albeit he had appointed with himself patiently to have tarried God’s leisure, yet the vehemency of his pain caused him to break his purpose.
- Psalm 39:2 Though when the wicked ruled, he thought to have kept silence, yet his zeal caused him to change his mind.
- Psalm 39:3 He confesseth that he grudged against God, considering the greatness of his sorrows, and the shortness of his life.
- Psalm 39:5 Yet David offended in that that he reasoned with God as though that he were too severe toward his weak creature.
- Psalm 39:8 Make me not a mocking stock to the wicked, or wrap me not up with the wicked, when they are put to shame.
- Psalm 39:9 Seeing my troubles came of thy providence, I ought to have endured them patiently.
- Psalm 39:11 Though thine open plagues light not evermore upon them, yet thy secret curse continually fretteth them.
- Psalm 39:11 The word signifieth all that he desireth, as health, force, strength, beauty, and in whatsoever he hath delight, so that the rod of God taketh away all that is desired in this world.
- Psalm 39:13 For his sorrow caused him to think that God would destroy him utterly: whereby we see how hard it is for the very Saints to keep a measure in their words, when death and despair assail them.
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