Psalm 39
International Children’s Bible
Life Is Short
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A song of David.
39 I said, “I will be careful how I act.
I will not sin by what I say.
I will be careful what I say
around wicked people.”
2 So I kept very quiet.
I didn’t even say anything good.
But I became even more upset.
3 I became very angry inside.
And the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.
So I spoke:
4 “Lord, tell me when the end will come.
How long will I live?
Let me know how long I have.
5 You have given me only a short life.
My lifetime is like nothing to you.
Everyone’s life is only a breath. Selah
6 A person is like a shadow moving about.
All his work is for nothing.
He collects things, but he doesn’t know who will get them.
7 “So, Lord, what hope do I have?
You are my hope.
8 Save me from all my sins.
Don’t let wicked fools make fun of me.
9 I am quiet. I do not open my mouth.
You are the one who has done this.
10 Quit punishing me.
Your beating is about to kill me.
11 You correct and punish people for their sins.
Like a moth, you destroy what they love.
Everyone’s life is only a breath. Selah
12 “Lord, hear my prayer.
Listen to my cry.
Do not ignore my tears.
I am like a visitor with you.
Like my ancestors, I’m only here a short time.
13 Leave me alone so I can be happy.
Soon I will leave and be no more.”
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.
Saamu 39
Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn
Fún adarí orin. Fún Jedutuni. Saamu Dafidi.
39 Mo wí pé, “èmi yóò ṣọ́ ọ̀nà mi
kí èmi kí ó má fi ahọ́n mi ṣẹ̀;
èmi yóò fi ìjánu kó ara mi ní ẹnu
níwọ̀n ìgbà tí ènìyàn búburú bá ń bẹ ní iwájú mi.”
2 Mo fi ìdákẹ́ ya odi;
mo tilẹ̀ pa ẹnu mi mọ́ kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rere;
ìbànújẹ́ mi sì pọ̀ sí i.
3 Àyà mi gbóná ní inú mi.
Nígbà tí mo ń ṣàṣàrò, iná ràn;
nígbà náà ni mo fi ahọ́n mi sọ̀rọ̀:
4 “Olúwa, jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó mọ òpin mi,
àti ìwọ̀n ọjọ́ mi, bí ó ti rí
kí èmi kí o le mọ ìgbà tí mó ní níhìn-ín.
5 Ìwọ ti ṣe ayé mi
bí ìbú àtẹ́lẹwọ́,
ọjọ́ orí mi sì dàbí asán
ní iwájú rẹ:
Dájúdájú olúkúlùkù ènìyàn nínú
ìjókòó rere rẹ̀ jásí asán pátápátá. Sela.
6 “Nítòótọ́ ni olúkúlùkù ń rìn kiri bí òjìji.
Nítòótọ́ ni wọ́n ń yọ ara wọn lẹ́nu lórí asán;
wọ́n ń kó ọrọ̀ jọ,
wọn kò sì mọ ẹni tí yóò ko lọ.
7 “Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìsinsin yìí,
Olúwa,
kín ni mo ń dúró dè?
Ìrètí mí ń bẹ ní ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ.
8 Gbà mí lọ́wọ́ ìrékọjá mi gbogbo.
Kí o má sì sọ mí di ẹni ẹ̀gàn
àwọn ènìyàn búburú.
9 Mo dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́;
èmi kò sì ya ẹnu mi,
nítorí wí pé ìwọ ni ó ṣe é.
10 Mú pàṣán rẹ kúrò ní ara mi;
èmí ṣègbé tán nípa lílù ọwọ́ rẹ.
11 Ìwọ fi ìbáwí kìlọ̀
fún ènìyàn nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀,
ìwọ a mú ẹwà rẹ parun
bí kòkòrò aṣọ;
nítòótọ́ asán ni ènìyàn gbogbo.
12 “Gbọ́ àdúrà mi, Olúwa,
kí o sì fetí sí igbe mi;
kí o má ṣe di etí rẹ sí ẹkún mi
nítorí àlejò ni èmi lọ́dọ̀ rẹ
àti àtìpó, bí gbogbo àwọn baba mi ti rí.
13 Dá mi sí, kí èmi lè ní agbára,
kí èmi tó lọ kúrò níhìn-ín yìí,
àti kí èmi ó tó ṣe aláìsí.”
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