1
the
chief
Musician,
[even]
to
Jeduthun,
A
Psalm
of
David.
I
said,
I
will
take
heed
to
my
ways,
that
I
sin
not
with
my
tongue:
I
will
keep
my
mouth
with
a
bridle,
while
the
wicked
is
before
2
I
was
dumb
with
silence,
I
held
my
peace,
[even]
from
good;
and
my
sorrow
was
stirred.
3
My
heart
was
hot
within
me,
while
I
was
musing
the
fire
burned:
[then]
spake
I
with
my
tongue,
4
LORD,
make
me
to
know
mine
end,
and
the
measure
of
my
days,
what
it
[is;
that]
I
may
know
how
frail
I
[am].
5
Behold,
thou
hast
made
my
days
[as]
an
handbreadth;
and
mine
age
[is]
as
nothing
before
thee:
verily
every
man
at
his
best
state
[is]
altogether
vanity.
Selah.
6
Surely
every
man
walketh
in
a
vain
shew:
surely
they
are
disquieted
in
vain:
he
heapeth
up
[riches],
and
knoweth
not
who
shall
gather
them.
7
And
now,
Lord,
what
wait
I
for?
my
hope
[is]
in
thee.
8
Deliver
me
from
all
my
transgressions:
make
me
not
the
reproach
of
the
foolish.
9
I
was
dumb,
I
opened
not
my
mouth;
because
thou
didst
[it].
10
Remove
thy
stroke
away
from
me:
I
am
consumed
by
the
blow
of
thine
hand.
11
When
thou
with
rebukes
dost
correct
man
for
iniquity,
thou
makest
his
beauty
to
consume
away
like
a
moth:
surely
every
man
[is]
vanity.
Selah.
12
Hear
my
prayer,
O
LORD,
and
give
ear
unto
my
cry;
hold
not
thy
peace
at
my
tears:
for
I
[am]
a
stranger
with
thee,
[and]
a
sojourner,
as
all
my
fathers
[were].
13
O
spare
me,
that
I
may
recover
strength,
before
I
go
hence,
and
be
no
more.