1. I said, “I will be careful what I doand will not let my tongue make me sin;I will not say anythingwhile evil people are near.”
2. I kept quiet, not saying a word,not even about anything good!But my suffering only grew worse,
3. and I was overcome with anxiety.The more I thought, the more troubled I became;I could not keep from asking:
4. “Lord, how long will I live?When will I die?Tell me how soon my life will end.”
5. How short you have made my life!In your sight my lifetime seems nothing.Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,
6. no more than a shadow.All they do is for nothing;they gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.
7. What, then, can I hope for, Lord?I put my hope in you.
8. Save me from all my sins,and don't let fools laugh at me.
9. I will keep quiet, I will not say a word,for you are the one who made me suffer like this.