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Salmos 39
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Salmos 39
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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, cuál es el final de mi vida
y el número de mis días;
hazme saber lo efímero que soy.
5 Muy breve es la vida que me has dado;
ante ti, mis años no son nada.
¡El ser humano es como un soplo! Selah
6 »Es como una sombra que pasa.
En vano se afana por amontonar riquezas,[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 Aparta de mí tu azote,
que los golpes de tu mano me aniquilan.
11 Tú reprendes a los mortales,
los castigas por su iniquidad;
como polilla, acabas con lo que más desean.
¡Un soplo nada más es el mortal! Selah
12 »Señor, escucha mi oración,
atiende a mi clamor;
no te desentiendas de mi llanto.
Ante ti soy un extranjero,
alguien que está de paso, como todos mis antepasados.
13 No me mires con enojo y volveré a alegrarme
antes que me vaya y deje de existir».
Footnotes
- 39:6 En vano … riquezas (lectura probable); En vano hace ruido y amontona (TM).
Psalm 39
New King James Version
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
English Standard Version
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
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