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.” (1مل 2:4; 2مل 10:31; 1أخ 16:41; 1أخ 25:1; أي 2:10; مز 34:13; مز 62:1; مز 77:1)2I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. (أي 40:4; مز 38:13; مز 39:9)3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: (أي 32:18; إر 20:9; لو 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! (مز 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! (أي 14:2; مز 39:11; مز 89:47; مز 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! (أي 27:16; مز 49:10; جا 2:18; جا 2:21; جا 2:26; إر 17:11; لو 12:20; 1كو 7:31; يع 4:14)7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. (مز 38:15)8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! (مز 44:13)9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. (2صم 16:10; أي 2:10; مز 39:2)10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. (أي 9:34; أي 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! (أي 13:28; مز 39:5; مز 49:14; مز 80:16; إش 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. (تك 47:9; لا 25:23; 1أخ 29:15; مز 102:1; مز 119:19; عب 11:13; 1بط 2:11)13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!” (أي 7:8; أي 7:19; أي 10:21; أي 14:10; أي 20:9)