Psalms 39

¹I saidאָמַ֗רְתִּי’ā·mar·tî — to say, speak, declareH559 — Full Word Study →, “I will watchאֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה’eš·mə·rāh — To guard, keep, observe, preserveH8104 — Full Word Study → my waysדְרָכַי֮ḏə·rā·ḵay — way, path, journey, conductH1870 — Full Word Study → so that I will not sinמֵחֲט֪וֹאmê·ḥă·ṭō·w — To sin; to miss the mark; to commit wrongdoingH2398 — Full Word Study → with my tongueבִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥יḇil·šō·w·nî — Tongue; language; speechH3956 — Full Word Study →; I will guardאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה’eš·mə·rāh — To guard, keep, observe, preserveH8104 — Full Word Study → my mouthלְפִ֥יlə·p̄î — Mouth; lips; edge; openingH6310 — Full Word Study → with a muzzleמַחְס֑וֹםmaḥ·sō·wm — restraint or bridle; muzzleH4269 — Full Word Study → as long asבְּעֹ֖דbə·‘ōḏ — still, yet, again, continuing or additional occurrenceH5750 — Full Word Study → the wickedרָשָׁ֣עrā·šā‘ — wicked, guilty, morally corruptH7563 — Full Word Study → are presentלְנֶגְדִּֽי׃lə·neḡ·dî — before, in front of, in the presence ofH5048 — Full Word Study →.” ²I was speechlessנֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּיne·’ĕ·lam·tî — to be silent, mute, or boundH481 — Full Word Study → and stillד֭וּמִיָּהḏū·mî·yāh — silence, quiet, stillnessH1747 — Full Word Study →; I remained silentהֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִיhe·ḥĕ·šê·ṯî — to be silent, keep silence, hold peaceH2814 — Full Word Study →, even from speaking good, and my sorrowוּכְאֵבִ֥יū·ḵə·’ê·ḇî — Physical or emotional pain, grief, sorrowH3511 — Full Word Study → was stirredנֶעְכָּֽר׃ne‘·kār — to trouble, disturb, or stir upH5916 — Full Word Study →. ³My heartלִבִּ֨י׀lib·bî — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → grew hotחַם־ḥam- — to grow warm, kindle heat, become hotH2552 — Full Word Study → within meבְּקִרְבִּ֗יbə·qir·bî — midst, inner part, heart, inward beingH7130 — Full Word Study →; as I musedבַּהֲגִיגִ֥יba·hă·ḡî·ḡî — Meditation, deep thought, musingH1901 — Full Word Study →, the fireאֵ֑שׁ’êš — Fire; flame; burningH784 — Full Word Study → burnedתִבְעַר־ṯiḇ·‘ar- — to burn, consume, or act brutishlyH1197 — Full Word Study →. Then I spoke with my tongueבִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃bil·šō·w·nî — Tongue; language; speechH3956 — Full Word Study →: ⁴“Show meהוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִיhō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study →, O LORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, my endקִצִּ֗יqiṣ·ṣî — end, boundary, limit, terminusH7093 — Full Word Study → and the measureוּמִדַּ֣תū·mid·daṯ — Measure, standard, garment, or portionH4060 — Full Word Study → of my daysיָמַ֣יyā·may — day; time; period; ageH3117 — Full Word Study →. Let me knowאֵ֝דְעָ֗ה’ê·ḏə·‘āh — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → howמַה־mah- — What? Why? How? (interrogative particle)H4100 — Full Word Study → fleetingחָדֵ֥לḥā·ḏêl — to cease, stop, refrain, forbearH2310 — Full Word Study → my life isאָֽנִי׃’ā·nî — I, me, myself (first person singular pronoun)H589 — Full Word Study →. ⁵You, indeedהִנֵּ֤הhin·nêh — Look! Behold! Pay attention!H2009 — Full Word Study →, have madeנָ֘תַ֤תָּהnā·ṯat·tāh — to give, grant, or bestowH5414 — Full Word Study → my daysיָמַ֗יyā·may — day; time; period; ageH3117 — Full Word Study → as handbreadths, and my lifetimeוְחֶלְדִּ֣יwə·ḥel·dî — lifetime, age, world, temporal durationH2465 — Full Word Study → as nothingכְאַ֣יִןḵə·’a·yin — nothing, nonexistence, absenceH369 — Full Word Study → before Youנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָneḡ·de·ḵā — before, in front of, in the presence ofH5048 — Full Word Study →. Trulyאַ֥ךְ’aḵ — Surely, certainly, only, neverthelessH389 — Full Word Study → eachכָּֽל־kāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → manאָ֝דָ֗ם’ā·ḏām — Man, mankind, human beingH120 — Full Word Study → at his bestנִצָּ֥בniṣ·ṣāḇ — To stand, station, or set up firmlyH5324 — Full Word Study → exists as but a breathהֶ֥בֶלhe·ḇel — Vanity, emptiness, futilityH1892 — Full Word Study →. Selahסֶֽלָה׃se·lāh — Pause or SelahH5542 — Full Word Study → ⁶Surelyאַךְ־’aḵ- — Surely, certainly, only, neverthelessH389 — Full Word Study → every manאִ֗ישׁ’îš — man, male person, husbandH376 — Full Word Study → goes aboutיִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־yiṯ·hal·leḵ- — to go, walk, travel, proceedH1980 — Full Word Study → like a phantomבְּצֶ֤לֶם׀bə·ṣe·lem — Image, likeness, or representationH6754 — Full Word Study →; surelyאַךְ־’aḵ- — Surely, certainly, only, neverthelessH389 — Full Word Study → he bustlesיֶהֱמָי֑וּןye·hĕ·mā·yūn — to roar, murmur, or sound with tumultH1993 — Full Word Study → in vainהֶ֥בֶלhe·ḇel — Vanity, emptiness, futilityH1892 — Full Word Study →; he heaps up riches notוְֽלֹא־wə·lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → knowingיֵדַ֥עyê·ḏa‘ — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → whoמִי־mî- — who? what person?H4310 — Full Word Study → will haul them awayאֹסְפָֽם׃’ō·sə·p̄ām — to gather, assemble, collectH622 — Full Word Study →. ⁷And nowוְעַתָּ֣הwə·‘at·tāh — Now; at the present timeH6258 — Full Word Study →, O Lordאֲדֹנָ֑י’ă·ḏō·nāy — Master, LordH136 — Full Word Study →, for whatמַה־mah- — What? Why? How? (interrogative particle)H4100 — Full Word Study → do I waitקִּוִּ֣יתִיqiw·wî·ṯî — To wait for; to expect with hopeH6960 — Full Word Study →? My hope isתּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗יtō·w·ḥal·tî — expectation; hope; waiting with anticipationH8431 — Full Word Study → in Youהִֽיא׃hî — He, she, it; the third person pronounH1931 — Full Word Study →. ⁸Deliver meהַצִּילֵ֑נִיhaṣ·ṣî·lê·nî — to rescue, deliver, or snatch awayH5337 — Full Word Study → from allמִכָּל־mik·kāl — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → my transgressionsפְּשָׁעַ֥יpə·šā·‘ay — Willful rebellion or transgression against God's lawH6588 — Full Word Study →; do notאַל־’al- — do not; negative imperative particleH408 — Full Word Study → make meתְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃tə·śî·mê·nî — to put, place, set, appointH7760 — Full Word Study → the reproachחֶרְפַּ֥תḥer·paṯ — Reproach, shame, insultH2781 — Full Word Study → of foolsנָ֝בָ֗לnā·ḇāl — foolish, senseless person; moral depravityH5036 — Full Word Study →. ⁹I have become muteנֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּיne·’ĕ·lam·tî — to be silent, mute, or boundH481 — Full Word Study →; I do notלֹ֣אlō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → openאֶפְתַּח־’ep̄·taḥ- — to open, loosen, or beginH6605 — Full Word Study → my mouthפִּ֑יpî — Mouth; lips; edge; openingH6310 — Full Word Study → because of what Youאַתָּ֣ה’at·tāh — You; second-person pronoun (singular or plural)H859 — Full Word Study → have doneעָשִֽׂיתָ׃‘ā·śî·ṯā — to do, make, or accomplish; to act or performH6213 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁰Removeהָסֵ֣רhā·sêr — to turn aside, depart, removeH5493 — Full Word Study → Your scourgeנִגְעֶ֑ךָniḡ·‘e·ḵā — Plague, affliction, or stroke of judgmentH5061 — Full Word Study → from meמֵעָלַ֣יmê·‘ā·lay — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study →; Iאֲנִ֣י’ă·nî — I, me, myself (first person singular pronoun)H589 — Full Word Study → am perishingכָלִֽיתִי׃ḵā·lî·ṯî — to finish, complete, or bring to an endH3615 — Full Word Study → by the forceמִתִּגְרַ֥תmit·tiḡ·raṯ — strife, quarrel, contentionH8409 — Full Word Study → of Your handיָ֝דְךָ֗yā·ḏə·ḵā — hand; power, strength, controlH3027 — Full Word Study →. ¹¹You disciplineיִסַּ֬רְתָּyis·sar·tā — To discipline, correct, or instruct through rebuke or punishmentH3256 — Full Word Study → and correctבְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹתbə·ṯō·w·ḵā·ḥō·wṯ — Rebuke, correction, reproofH8433 — Full Word Study → a manאִ֗ישׁ’îš — man, male person, husbandH376 — Full Word Study → forעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → his iniquityעָוֺ֨ן׀‘ā·wōn — Iniquity, guilt, or moral wrongdoingH5771 — Full Word Study →, consumingוַתֶּ֣מֶסwat·te·mes — to melt, dissolve, or waste awayH4529 — Full Word Study → like a mothכָּעָ֣שׁkā·‘āš — A moth; an insect that consumes fabricH6211 — Full Word Study → what he holds dearחֲמוּד֑וֹḥă·mū·ḏōw — To desire, covet, or take delight inH2530 — Full Word Study →; surelyאַ֤ךְ’aḵ — Surely, certainly, only, neverthelessH389 — Full Word Study → eachכָּל־kāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → manאָדָ֣ם’ā·ḏām — Man, mankind, human beingH120 — Full Word Study → is but a vapor. Selahסֶֽלָה׃se·lāh — Pause or SelahH5542 — Full Word Study → ¹²Hearשִֽׁמְעָ֥ה־šim·‘āh- — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → my prayerתְפִלָּתִ֨י׀ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯî — Prayer; formal or spontaneous petition to GodH8605 — Full Word Study →, O LORDיְהוָ֡הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, and give earהַאֲזִינָה֮ha·’ă·zî·nāh — to listen, give ear, hear attentivelyH238 — Full Word Study → to my cry for helpוְשַׁוְעָתִ֨י׀wə·šaw·‘ā·ṯî — A cry, outcry, or shout of distressH7775 — Full Word Study →; do notאַֽל־’al- — do not; negative imperative particleH408 — Full Word Study → be deafתֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁte·ḥĕ·raš — to engrave, plow, devise, or keep silentH2790 — Full Word Study → toאֶֽל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → my weepingדִּמְעָתִ֗יdim·‘ā·ṯî — tears, weepingH1832 — Full Word Study →. Forכִּ֤יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → Iאָנֹכִ֣י’ā·nō·ḵî — I, myself (first-person singular pronoun)H595 — Full Word Study → am a foreignerגֵ֣רḡêr — Resident alien; temporary inhabitant without full citizenship rightsH1616 — Full Word Study → dwelling with Youעִמָּ֑ךְ‘im·māḵ — with, together with, amongH5973 — Full Word Study →, a strangerתּ֝וֹשָׁ֗בtō·wō·šāḇ — resident alien; sojourner; foreigner living in a landH8453 — Full Word Study → like allכְּכָל־kə·ḵāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → my fathersאֲבוֹתָֽי׃’ă·ḇō·w·ṯāy — H1 — Full Word Study →. ¹³Turn Your gazeהָשַׁ֣עhā·ša‘ — to gaze, look, regard with attentionH8159 — Full Word Study → away from meמִמֶּ֣נִּיmim·men·nî — from, out of, by means ofH4480 — Full Word Study →, that I may again be cheeredוְאַבְלִ֑יגָהwə·’aḇ·lî·ḡāh — to recover strength, be strengthened, grow vigorousH1082 — Full Word Study → beforeבְּטֶ֖רֶםbə·ṭe·rem — before, ere, prior to, not yetH2962 — Full Word Study → I departאֵלֵ֣ךְ’ê·lêḵ — to go, walk, travel, proceedH1980 — Full Word Study → and am no moreוְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃wə·’ê·nen·nî — nothing, nonexistence, absenceH369 — Full Word Study →.”