Awit 39
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
39 Aking sinabi, ako'y magiingat sa aking mga lakad, upang huwag akong magkasala ng aking dila: aking iingatan ang aking dila ng paningkaw, samantalang ang masama ay nasa harap ko.
2 Ako'y napipi ng pagtahimik, ako'y tumahimik pati sa mabuti; at ang aking kalungkutan ay lumubha.
3 Ang aking puso ay mainit sa loob ko; habang ako'y nagbubulaybulay ay nagalab ang apoy: nang magkagayo'y nagsalita ako ng aking dila:
4 Panginoon, ipakilala mo sa akin ang aking wakas, at ang sukat ng aking mga kaarawan, kung ano; ipakilala mo sa akin kung gaano kahina ako.
5 Narito, gaya ng mga dangkal ginawa mo ang aking mga kaarawan; at ang aking gulang ay tila wala sa harap mo: tunay na bawa't tao sa kaniyang mainam na kalagayan ay pawang walang kabuluhan. (Selah)
6 Tunay na bawa't tao ay lumalakad sa walang kabuluhang lilim: tunay na sila'y nagugulo ng walang kabuluhan: kaniyang ibinubunton ang mga kayamanan, at hindi nalalaman kung sinong nagsisipulot.
7 At ngayon, Panginoon, ano pa ang aking hinihintay? Ang aking pagasa ay nasa iyo.
8 Iligtas mo ako sa lahat ng aking mga pagsalangsang: huwag mo akong gawing katuyaan ng hangal.
9 Ako'y pipi, hindi ko ibinuka ang aking bibig; sapagka't ikaw ang gumawa.
10 Iurong mo sa akin ang iyong suntok: ako'y bugbog na sa suntok ng iyong kamay.
11 Pagka sa pamamagitan ng mga parusa dahil sa kasamaan ay iyong sinasaway ang tao, iyong sinisira ang kaniyang kagandahan na parang pagsira ng tanga: tunay na bawa't tao ay walang kabuluhan. (Selah)
12 Iyong dinggin ang aking dalangin, Oh Panginoon, at pakinggan mo ang aking daing: huwag kang tumahimik sa aking mga luha: sapagka't ako'y taga ibang lupa na kasama mo; nakikipamayan na gaya ng lahat na aking mga magulang.
13 Oh tulungan mo ako, upang ako'y magbawing lakas, Bago ako manaw, at mawala.
Psalm 39
New King James Version
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my (A)tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
2 (B)I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was [a]musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, (C)make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (D)vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [b]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My (E)hope is in You.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me (F)the reproach of the foolish.
9 (G)I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was (H)You who did it.
10 (I)Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty (J)melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (K)as all my fathers were.
13 (L)Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
Before I go away and (M)am no more.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:3 meditating
- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
Psalm 39
Contemporary English Version
(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
A Prayer for Forgiveness
1 I told myself, “I'll be careful
not to sin by what I say,
and I'll muzzle my mouth
when evil people are near.”
2 I kept completely silent,
but it did no good,[a]
and I hurt even worse.
3 I felt a fire burning inside,
and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
Will I soon be gone?
5 You made my life short,
so brief that the time
means nothing to you.
“Human life is but a breath,
6 and it disappears
like a shadow.
Our struggles are senseless;
we store up more and more,
without ever knowing
who will get it all.
7 “What am I waiting for?
I depend on you, Lord!
8 Save me from my sins.
Don't let fools sneer at me.
9 You treated me like this,
and I kept silent,
not saying a word.
10 “Won't you stop punishing me?
You have worn me down.
11 You punish us severely
because of our sins.
Like a moth, you destroy
what we treasure most.
We are as frail as a breath.
12 “Listen, Lord, to my prayer!
My eyes are flooded with tears,
as I pray to you.
I am merely a stranger
visiting in your home
as my ancestors did.
13 Stop being angry with me
and let me smile again
before I am dead and gone.”
Footnotes
- 39.2 but … good: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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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