Psalm 39
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 39[a]
The Vanity of Life
1 For the leader, for Jeduthun.(A) A psalm of David.
I
2 I said, “I will watch my ways,
lest I sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth.”
3 Mute and silent before the wicked,
I refrain from good things.
But my sorrow increases;
4 my heart smolders within me.(B)
In my sighing a fire blazes up,
and I break into speech:
II
5 Lord, let me know my end, the number of my days,
that I may learn how frail I am.
6 To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days;
indeed, my life is as nothing before you.
Every man is but a breath.(C)
Selah
III
7 Man goes about as a mere phantom;
they hurry about, although in vain;
he heaps up stores without knowing for whom.
8 And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
You are my only hope.
9 From all my sins deliver me;
let me not be the taunt of fools.
10 I am silent and do not open my mouth
because you are the one who did this.
11 Take your plague away from me;
I am ravaged by the touch of your hand.
12 You chastise man with rebukes for sin;
like a moth you consume his treasures.
Every man is but a breath.
Selah
13 Listen to my prayer, Lord, hear my cry;
do not be deaf to my weeping!
For I am with you like a foreigner,
a refugee, like my ancestors.(D)
14 Turn your gaze from me, that I may smile
before I depart to be no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39 The lament of a mortally ill person who at first had resolved to remain silently submissive (Ps 39:2–4). But the grief was too much and now the psalmist laments the brevity and vanity of life (Ps 39:5–7), yet remaining hopeful (Ps 39:8–10). The psalmist continues to express both acceptance of the illness and hope for healing in Ps 39:11–13.
Salmos 39
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Al director musical. Para Jedutún. Salmo de David.
39 Me dije a mí mismo:
«Mientras esté ante gente malvada,
vigilaré mi conducta,
me abstendré de pecar con la lengua,
me pondré una mordaza en la boca».
2 Así que guardé silencio, me mantuve callado.
¡Ni aun lo bueno salía de mi boca!
Pero mi angustia iba en aumento;
3 ¡el corazón me ardía en el pecho!
Al meditar en esto, el fuego se inflamó
y tuve que decir:
4 «Hazme saber, Señor, el límite de mis días,
y el tiempo que me queda por vivir;
hazme saber lo efímero que soy.
5 Muy breve es la vida que me has dado;
ante ti, mis años no son nada.
¡Un soplo nada más es el mortal! Selah
6 Es un suspiro que se pierde entre las sombras.
Ilusorias son las riquezas que amontona,[a]
pues no sabe quién se quedará con ellas.
7 »Y ahora, Señor, ¿qué esperanza me queda?
¡Mi esperanza he puesto en ti!
8 Líbrame de todas mis transgresiones.
Que los necios no se burlen de mí.
9 »He guardado silencio; no he abierto la boca,
pues tú eres quien actúa.
10 Ya no me castigues,
que los golpes de tu mano me aniquilan.
11 Tú reprendes a los mortales,
los castigas por su iniquidad;
como polilla, acabas con sus placeres.
¡Un soplo nada más es el mortal! Selah
12 »Señor, escucha mi oración,
atiende mi clamor;
no cierres tus oídos a mi llanto.
Ante ti soy un extraño,
un peregrino, como todos mis antepasados.
13 No me mires con enojo, y volveré a alegrarme
antes que me muera y deje de existir».
Footnotes
- 39:6 Ilusorias … que amontona (lectura probable); En vano hace ruido y amontona (TM).
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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