| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.” | 1I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around." |
| 2I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up. | 2I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened. |
| 3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out: |
| 4“LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. | 4"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is. |
| 5Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah | 5Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude |
| 6Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them. | 6In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them. |
| 7“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. | 7How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you. |
| 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. | 8Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me." |
| 9I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. | 9I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted. |
| 10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. | 10Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand. |
| 11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah | 11You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude |
| 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, as all my fathers were. | 12Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were. |
| 13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.” | 13Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. |
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