Psalm 39

What Is the Measure of My Days?

1 I SAID, "I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my a tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me." 2 b I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up. 3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was 1 musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:

4 "LORD, c make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am. 5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but d vapor. Selah 6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they 2 busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.

7 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My e hope is in You. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me f the reproach of the foolish. 9 g I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was h You who did it. 10 i Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. 11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty j melt away like a moth;
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,
A sojourner, k as all my fathers were. 13 l Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
Before I go away and m am no more."

  1. Cross References
    Job 2:10
    But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
    Psalms 34:13
    Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.
    James 3:5 - 12
    Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 38:13
    But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 90:12
    So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
    Psalms 119:84
    How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 62:9
    Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.
    Ecclesiastes 6:12
    For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 38:15
    For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 44:13
    You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
    Psalms 79:4
    We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
    Psalms 119:22
    Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 39:2
    I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.
  8. Cross References
    2 Samuel 16:10
    But the king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, 'Curse David.' Who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'
    Job 2:10
    But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
  9. Cross References
    Job 9:34
    Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
    Job 13:21
    Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
  10. Cross References
    Job 13:28
    Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
    Psalms 90:7
    For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
    Isaiah 50:9
    Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will eat them up.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 47:9
    And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the yea...
    Leviticus 25:23
    The land shall not be sold permanently, for the...
    1 Chronicles 29:15
    For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, As w...
    Psalms 119:19
    I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your ...
    Hebrews 11:13
    These all died in faith, not having received th...
    1 Peter 2:11
    Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, ...
  12. Cross References
    Job 7:19
    How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
    Job 10:20
    Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort.
    Job 10:21
    Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death.
    Job 14:6
    Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
    Psalms 102:24
    I said, "O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.
  13. Cross References
    Job 14:10
    But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?
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