Psalm 39:7-13

Good News Translation

⁷ What, then, can I hope for, Lord?
    I put my hope in you.
⁸ Save me from all my sins,
    and don't let fools make fun of me.
⁹ I will keep quiet, I will not say a word,
    for you are the one who made me suffer like this.
¹⁰ Don't punish me any more!
    I am about to die from your blows.
¹¹ You punish our sins by your rebukes,
    and like a moth you destroy what we love.
Indeed we are no more than a puff of wind!

¹² Hear my prayer, Lord,
    and listen to my cry;
    come to my aid when I weep.
Like all my ancestors
    I am only your guest for a little while.
¹³ Leave me alone so that I may have some happiness
    before I go away and am no more.