Psalms 39 - 41 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh, Make Me Know My End

For the choir director. For ¹Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will ^akeep watch over my waysThat I ^bmay not sin with my tongue;I will keep watch over ^cmy mouth as with a muzzleWhile the wicked are in my presence.”²I was ^amute with silence,I even kept silent from speaking good,And my anguish grew worse.³My ^aheart was hot within me,While I meditated the fire was burning;Then I spoke with my tongue:⁴“Yahweh, cause me to know ^amy endAnd what is the extent of my days;Let me know how ^btransient I am.⁵“Behold, You have made ^amy days as ¹handbreadths,And my ^blifetime as nothing before You;Surely every man, even standing firm, is ²altogether ^cvanity. ³ Selah.⁶“Surely every man ^awalks about as ¹a shadow;Surely they make an ^buproar in vain;He ^cpiles up riches and does not know who will gather them.⁷“And now, Lord, what do I hope in?My ^aexpectation is in You.⁸“^aDeliver me from all my transgressions;Make me not the ^breproach of the wicked fool.⁹“I have become ^amute, I do not open my mouth,Because it is ^bYou who have done it.¹⁰“^aRemove Your plague from me;Because of ^bthe opposition of Your hand I am wasting away.¹¹“With ^areproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;You ^bconsume as a moth what is precious to him;Surely ^cevery man is vanity. Selah.¹²“^aHear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help;Do not be silent ^bat my tears;For I am ^ca sojourner with You,A ^dforeign resident like all my fathers.¹³“^aTurn Your gaze away from me, that I may ¹smile againBefore I go and am no more.”

The One Who Rescues Me

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

I ^ahoped ¹earnestly for Yahweh;And He inclined to me and ^bheard my cry for help.²He brought me up out of the ^apit of destruction, out of the ¹miry clay,And ^bHe set my feet upon a high rock, ^cHe established my steps.³He put a ^anew song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;Many will ^bsee and fearAnd will trust in Yahweh.⁴How ^ablessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,And ^bhas not ¹turned to the proud, nor to those who ^cstray into falsehood.⁵Many, O Yahweh my God, are ^athe wondrous deeds You have done,And Your ^bthoughts toward us;There is none to compare with You.I would declare and speak of them,But they ^care too numerous to recount.⁶¹^,^aSacrifice and meal offering ²You have not desired;My ears You have ³opened;Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.⁷Then I said, “Behold, I come;In the scroll of the book it is ¹written of me.⁸“^aI desire to do Your will, O my God;^bYour law is within my inner being.”⁹I ^aproclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly;Behold, I do ^bnot restrain my lips,O Yahweh, ^cYou know.¹⁰I do ^anot conceal Your righteousness within my heart;I ^bspeak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.¹¹You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me;¹Your ^alovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.¹²For evils beyond number have ^asurrounded me;My ^biniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;They are ^cmore numerous than the hairs of my head,And my ^dheart has ¹failed me.¹³^aBe pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;Make ^bhaste, O Yahweh, to help me.¹⁴Let those be ^aashamed and humiliated togetherWho ^bseek my ¹life to sweep it away;Let those be turned back and dishonoredWho delight in ²evil against me.¹⁵Let those ^abe ¹appalled because of their shameWho ^bsay to me, “Aha, aha!”¹⁶^aLet all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;Let those who love Your salvation ^bsay continually,“Yahweh be magnified!”¹⁷As for me, ^aI am afflicted and needy,¹^,^bMay the Lord think of me.You are my help and the One who rescues me;Do not delay, O my God.

O Yahweh, Be Gracious to Me

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

How blessed is he who ^aconsiders the ¹poor;Yahweh will provide him escape ^bin a day of ²calamity.²Yahweh will ^akeep him and keep him alive,And he shall be ^bblessed upon the earth;And ^cdo not give him over to the desire of his enemies.³Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed;In his illness, You ¹restore him to health.⁴As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me;^aHeal my soul, for ^bI have sinned against You.”⁵My enemies ^aspeak evil against me,“When will he die, and his name perish?”⁶And ¹when he comes to see me, he ^aspeaks ²worthlessness;His heart gathers wickedness to itself;When he goes outside, he speaks it.⁷All who hate me whisper together against me;Against me, they ^adevise for me ¹calamity, saying,⁸“A vile thing is poured out ¹upon him,That when he lies down, he will ^anot rise up again.”⁹Even my ^aclose friend in whom I trusted,Who ate my bread,Has lifted up his heel against me.¹⁰But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and ^araise me up,That I may repay them.¹¹By this I know that ^aYou delight in me,Because ^bmy enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.¹²As for me, ^aYou uphold me in my integrity,And You make me ^bstand firm in Your presence forever.¹³^aBlessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,From everlasting to everlasting.Amen and Amen.