תהילים ל״ט
Psalms 39
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ (לידיתון) [לִֽידוּת֗וּן] מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶ֥שְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַי֮ מֵחֲט֢וֹא בִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְפִ֥י מַחְס֑וֹם בְּעֹ֖ד רָשָׁ֣ע לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃ נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃ חַם־לִבִּ֨י ׀ בְּקִרְבִּ֗י בַּהֲגִיגִ֥י תִבְעַר־אֵ֑שׁ דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּלְשׁוֹנִֽי׃ הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה־הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה־חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי׃ הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְחֶלְדִּ֣י כְאַ֣יִן נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ אַ֥ךְ כׇּֽל־הֶ֥בֶל כׇּל־אָ֝דָ֗ם נִצָּ֥ב סֶֽלָה׃ אַךְ־בְּצֶ֤לֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־אִ֗ישׁ אַךְ־הֶ֥בֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּן יִ֝צְבֹּ֗ר וְֽלֹא־יֵדַ֥ע מִֽי־אֹסְפָֽם׃ וְעַתָּ֣ה מַה־קִּוִּ֣יתִי אֲדֹנָ֑י תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י לְךָ֣ הִֽיא׃ מִכׇּל־פְּשָׁעַ֥י הַצִּילֵ֑נִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נָ֝בָ֗ל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃ נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶפְתַּח־פִּ֑י כִּ֖י אַתָּ֣ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃ הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃ בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת עַל־עָוֺ֨ן ׀ יִסַּ֬רְתָּ אִ֗ישׁ וַתֶּ֣מֶס כָּעָ֣שׁ חֲמוּד֑וֹ אַ֤ךְ הֶ֖בֶל כׇּל־אָדָ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃ שִׁ֥מְעָֽה־תְפִלָּתִ֨י ׀ יְהֹוָ֡ה וְשַׁוְעָתִ֨י ׀ הַאֲזִינָה֮ אֶֽל־דִּמְעָתִ֗י אַֽל־תֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ כִּ֤י גֵ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י עִמָּ֑ךְ תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב כְּכׇל־אֲבוֹתָֽי׃ הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ {פ}
English Translation
For the leader; for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I resolved I would watch my step
lest I offend by my speech;
I would keep my mouth muzzled
while the villain was in my presence. I was dumb, silent;
I was veryavery Cf. use of ṭwb in Hos. 10.1; Jonah 4.4. still
while my pain was intense. My mind was in a rage,
my thoughts were all aflame;
I spoke out: Tell me, O ETERNAL One, what my term is,
what is the measure of my days;
I would know how fleeting my life is. You have made my life just handbreadths long;
its span is as nothing in Your sight;
no human endures any longer than a breath.bno human endures any longer than a breath Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Selah. Everyone walks about as a mere shadow;
mere futility is their hustle and bustle,
amassing and not knowing who will gather in. What, then, can I count on, O my Sovereign?
In You my hope lies. Deliver me from all my transgressions;
make me not the butt of the benighted. I am dumb, I do not speak up,
for it is Your doing. Take away Your plague from me;
I perish from Your blows. You chastise everyone in punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what they treasure.
No human is more than a breath. Selah. Hear my prayer, O ETERNAL One;
give ear to my cry;
do not disregard my tears;
for like all my forebears
I am an alien, resident with You. Look away from me, that I may recover,cthat I may recover Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
before I pass away and am gone.
lest I offend by my speech;
I would keep my mouth muzzled
while the villain was in my presence. I was dumb, silent;
I was veryavery Cf. use of ṭwb in Hos. 10.1; Jonah 4.4. still
while my pain was intense. My mind was in a rage,
my thoughts were all aflame;
I spoke out: Tell me, O ETERNAL One, what my term is,
what is the measure of my days;
I would know how fleeting my life is. You have made my life just handbreadths long;
its span is as nothing in Your sight;
no human endures any longer than a breath.bno human endures any longer than a breath Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Selah. Everyone walks about as a mere shadow;
mere futility is their hustle and bustle,
amassing and not knowing who will gather in. What, then, can I count on, O my Sovereign?
In You my hope lies. Deliver me from all my transgressions;
make me not the butt of the benighted. I am dumb, I do not speak up,
for it is Your doing. Take away Your plague from me;
I perish from Your blows. You chastise everyone in punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what they treasure.
No human is more than a breath. Selah. Hear my prayer, O ETERNAL One;
give ear to my cry;
do not disregard my tears;
for like all my forebears
I am an alien, resident with You. Look away from me, that I may recover,cthat I may recover Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
before I pass away and am gone.
About This Text
Source
Psalms
Category
Tanach
Reference
Psalms 39
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