To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1I 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.” (1 Krl 2,4; 2 Krl 10,31; Job 2,10; Ps 34,13)2I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. (Job 40,4; Job 40,5; Ps 38,13; Ps 39,9)3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: (Job 32,18; Job 32,19; Jer 20,9; Łk 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! (Ps 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! Selah (Job 14,2; Ps 39,11; Ps 89,47; Ps 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! (Job 27,16; Job 27,17; Ps 49,10; Kazn 2,18; Kazn 2,21; Kazn 2,26; Jer 17,11; Łk 12,20; 1 Kor 7,31; Jk 4,14)7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. (Ps 38,15)8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! (Ps 44,13)9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. (2 Sm 16,10; Job 2,10; Ps 39,2)10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. (Job 9,34; Job 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! Selah (Job 13,28; Ps 5,1; Ps 49,14; Ps 80,16; Iz 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. (Rdz 47,9; Kpł 25,23; 1 Krn 29,15; Ps 102,1; Ps 119,19; Hbr 11,13; 1 P 2,11)13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!” (Job 7,8; Job 7,19; Job 10,21; Job 14,10; Job 20,9)