1. I said, “I will take heed of my waysso that I do not sin with my tongue;I will keep my mouth muzzledwhile the wicked are before me.”
2. I was speechless in silence;I was silent to no avail,but my anguish was stirred up.
3. My heart was hot within me;while I was musing, the fire burned,then I spoke with my tongue:
4. “Lord, make me to know my end,and what is the measure of my days,that I may know how transient I am.
5. Indeed, You have made my days as a handbreadth,and my age is as nothing before You;indeed every man at his best is as a breath.” Selah
6. Surely every man walks in a mere shadow;surely he goes as a breath;he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.
7. Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in You.
8. Deliver me from all my transgressions;do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
9. I was speechless, I did not open my mouth,because You did it.
10. Remove Your blow from me;I am consumed by the hostility of Your hand.
11. When with rebukes You correct a man for iniquity,You consume like a moth what is dear to him;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,and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13. Turn Your gaze of displeasure from me, that I may smile,before I go away and am no more.