| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 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.” | 1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man." |
| 2I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up. | 2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; |
| 3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words: |
| 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"O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! |
| 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 make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. |
| 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. | 6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." |
| 7“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. | 7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! |
| 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. | 8Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults! |
| 9I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. | 9I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. |
| 10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. | 10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death! |
| 11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah | 11You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere 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, as all my fathers were. | 12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. |
| 13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.” | 13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away. |
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