Psalms

¹ For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

² not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.

³ and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

⁴ and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.

⁵ the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath. Selah

⁶ He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.

⁷ My hope is in you.

⁸ do not make me the scorn of fools.

⁹ for you are the one who has done this.

¹⁰ I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

¹¹ you consume their wealth like a moth— each man is but a breath. Selah

¹² listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were.

¹³ before I depart and am no more.”