1To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” (王上2:4; 王下10:31; 代上16:41; 代上25:1; 伯2:10; 诗34:13; 诗62:1; 诗77:1)2I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. (伯40:4; 诗38:13; 诗39:9)3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: (伯32:18; 耶20:9; 路24:32)4“O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! (诗90:12)5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! (伯14:2; 诗39:11; 诗89:47; 诗90:4)6Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing[1] they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! (伯27:16; 诗49:10; 传2:18; 传2:21; 传2:26; 耶17:11; 路12:20; 林前7:31; 雅4:14)7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. (诗38:15)8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! (诗44:13)9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. (撒下16:10; 伯2:10; 诗39:2)10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. (伯9:34; 伯13:21)11When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! (伯13:28; 诗39:5; 诗49:14; 诗80:16; 赛50:9)12“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. (创47:9; 利25:23; 代上29:15; 诗102:1; 诗119:19; 來11:13; 彼前2:11)13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!” (伯7:8; 伯7:19; 伯10:21; 伯14:10; 伯20:9)