1 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.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

3 M y heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,

4 L ord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.

5 B ehold, 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.

Behold, thou hast made my days hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 S urely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7 A nd now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.

8 D eliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

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.

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for thou hast done.

10 R emove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

11 W hen thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.

12 H ear 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.

Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.