39
1 (For the one directing, even to Yedutun. Mizmor Dovid)
2 I said, I will be shomer over my ways,
that I sin not with my leshon;
I will be shomer over my mouth with a muzzle,
while the rashah is before me.
3 I was dumb with silence,
I held my peace for the sake of tov;
and my distress grew severe.
4 My lev became hot within me;
while I was musing the eish burned;
then I spoke with my leshon:
5 Hashem, make me to know mine end,
and the measure of my yamim, what it is;
that I may have da'as of how chadel (fleeting, frail) I am.
6 Hinei, Thou hast made my yamim as a handbreadth,
and mine lifespan is as nothing before Thee;
verily kol adam stand as kol hevel (altogether vanity).
Selah
7 Surely every ish walketh in a tzel (shadow);
surely they are in turmoil in vain;
he heapeth up riches, and hath no da'as of who shall gather them.
8 And now, Adonoi, what do I wait for?
My hope is in Thee.
9 Save me from all my peysha'im;
make me not the reproach of the foolish.
10 I was silent, I opened not my mouth;
because Atah (Thou) did it.
11 Remove Thy nega (stroke, scourge) away from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Thine yad.
12 When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for avon (iniquity),
Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:
surely kol adam are hevel (vanity).
Selah
13 Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and give ear unto my cry;
hold not Thy peace at my weeping;
for I am a ger with Thee,
and a sojourner, as were all my Avot.
14 O spare me from Thy frown, that I may recover strength,
before I depart, v'eineni (and I be no more).*
* 39:14 T.N. Animal sacrifices cannot take away sin; they are only a shadow of the korban nefesh of Moshiach. See Ps 40 and MJ chp 10; Isa 53:10.