1David's care not to offend with his tongue: 4his reflections upon the shortness and vanity of human life, which lead him to hope in God: 8he prayeth for pardon and comfort before his death.
0To the chief Musician, even to aJeduthun, A Psalm of David.
a 1Ch. 25.1; 16.41. Pss. 62; 77, titles.
1I SAID, bI will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep 1my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
1Heb. a bridle or muzzle for my mouth.
b Pr. 21.23. Ja. 3.2-8; 1.19,26. Ps. 141.3. Am. 5.13. Col. 4.5.
2I cwas dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was 2stirred.
2Heb. troubled.
c Ps. 38.13,14. Je. 20.9.
3My dheart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
d Ps. 32.3,4. Job 32.19; 3.1; 6.11; 7.15,16. Je. 20.9,14. Jonah 4.8. Lu. 24.32.
4LORD, emake me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know 3how frail I am.
3Or, what time I have here.
e De. 32.29. Ps. 90.12; 119.84; 89.47,48.
5Behold, fthou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: g*verily every man at his 4best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
*verily-indeed, truly.
4Heb. settled.
f Job 7.1,6,7,9; 9.25,26; 14.2,5; 20.8. Ps. 90.4,5,9; 102.11; 103.15. Ec. 8.13. Ja. 4.14. 2Pe. 3.8. g Ps. 62.9; 144.4. Is. 40.17. Job 14.2.
6Surely every man walketh in 5a vain shew: hsurely they are disquieted in vain: ihe heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.
5Heb. an image. 1Ch. 29.15. Ep. 4.17.
h Ps. 144.4. i Job 27.17. Ec. 2.18,19,21,26; 5.13-16. Hab. 2.6-13. Lu. 12.16-21. Ps. 49.10.
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? jmy hope is in thee.
j Ps. 119.81,114,166; 130.5,7.
8kDeliver me from all my transgressions: lmake me not the reproach of the foolish.
k Ps. 25.11; 65.3; 32.1,2; 130.8. Tit. 2.14. 1Jn. 3.8. l Ps. 44.13; 57.3; 89.50; 119.22. Joel 2.19.
9I mwas dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
m Le. 10.3. Job 40.4,5. 1Sa. 3.18. 2Sa. 16.10. Da. 4.35. v.2.
10Remove nthy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the 6blow of thine hand.
6Heb. conflict.
n Job 9.34; 13.21. Ps. 25.16-18.
11When othou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest 7his beauty to pconsume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
7Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away.
o Is. 17.13; 51.20; 66.15. p Job 4.19; 13.28. Is. 50.9; 51.8. Ho. 5.12.
12Hear qmy prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; rhold not thy peace at my tears: for sI am a stranger with thee, and a *sojourner, as all my fathers were.
*sojourner-dweller for a time.
q Ps. 4.1; 5.1,2; 83.1; 130.1,2; 56.8. r Ps. 28.1. s Le. 25.23. 1Ch. 29.15. Ge. 47.9. Ps. 119.19. He. 11.13. 1Pe. 2.11; 1.17.
13O tspare me, that I may urecover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
t Job 7.19; 10.20,21; 14.6. Ge. 5.24; 37.30; 42.36. u Job 9.27.