Psalms 39 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 40

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764), A Psalm^H4210 of David^H1732. I waited^H6960^(H8765) patiently^H6960^(H8763) for the LORD^H3068; and he inclined^H5186^(H8799) unto me, and heard^H8085^(H8799) my cry^H7775.

² He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

KJVHe brought me up^H5927^(H8686) also out of an horrible^H7588 pit^H953, out of the miry^H3121 clay^H2916, and set^H6965^(H8686) my feet^H7272 upon a rock^H5553, and established^H3559^(H8790) my goings^H838.

³ He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.

KJVAnd he hath put^H5414^(H8799) a new^H2319 song^H7892 in my mouth^H6310, even praise^H8416 unto our God^H430: many^H7227 shall see^H7200^(H8799) it, and fear^H3372^(H8799), and shall trust^H982^(H8799) in the LORD^H3068.

⁴ Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

KJVBlessed^H835 is that man^H1397 that maketh^H7760^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 his trust^H4009, and respecteth^H6437^(H8804) not the proud^H7295, nor such as turn aside^H7750^(H8802) to lies^H3577.

⁵ Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

KJVMany^H7227, O LORD^H3068 my God^H430, are thy wonderful^H6381^(H8737) works which thou hast done^H6213^(H8804), and thy thoughts^H4284 which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order^H6186^(H8800) unto thee: if I would declare^H5046^(H8686) and speak^H1696^(H8762) of them, they are more^H6105^(H8804) than can be numbered^H5608^(H8763).

⁶ Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

KJVSacrifice^H2077 and offering^H4503 thou didst not desire^H2654^(H8804); mine ears^H241 hast thou opened^H3738^(H8804): burnt offering^H5930 and sin offering^H2401 hast thou not required^H7592^(H8804).

⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

KJVThen said^H559^(H8804) I, Lo, I come^H935^(H8804): in the volume^H4039 of the book^H5612 it is written^H3789^(H8803) of me,

⁸ I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

KJVI delight^H2654^(H8804) to do^H6213^(H8800) thy will^H7522, O my God^H430: yea, thy law^H8451 is within^H8432 my heart^H4578.

⁹ I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

KJVI have preached^H1319^(H8765) righteousness^H6664 in the great^H7227 congregation^H6951: lo, I have not refrained^H3607^(H8799) my lips^H8193, O LORD^H3068, thou knowest^H3045^(H8804).

¹⁰ I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

KJVI have not hid^H3680^(H8765) thy righteousness^H6666 within^H8432 my heart^H3820; I have declared^H559^(H8804) thy faithfulness^H530 and thy salvation^H8668: I have not concealed^H3582^(H8765) thy lovingkindness^H2617 and thy truth^H571 from the great^H7227 congregation^H6951.

¹¹ Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

KJVWithhold^H3607^(H8799) not thou thy tender mercies^H7356 from me, O LORD^H3068: let thy lovingkindness^H2617 and thy truth^H571 continually^H8548 preserve^H5341^(H8799) me.

¹² For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

KJVFor innumerable^H4557 evils^H7451 have compassed^H661^(H8804) me about: mine iniquities^H5771 have taken hold^H5381^(H8689) upon me, so that I am not able^H3201^(H8804) to look up^H7200^(H8800); they are more^H6105^(H8804) than the hairs^H8185 of mine head^H7218: therefore my heart^H3820 faileth^H5800^(H8804) me.

¹³ Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.

KJVBe pleased^H7521^(H8798), O LORD^H3068, to deliver^H5337^(H8687) me: O LORD^H3068, make haste^H2363^(H8798) to help^H5833 me.

¹⁴ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

KJVLet them be ashamed^H954^(H8799) and confounded^H2659^(H8799) together^H3162 that seek^H1245^(H8764) after my soul^H5315 to destroy^H5595^(H8800) it; let them be driven^H5472^(H8735) backward^H268 and put to shame^H3637^(H8735) that wish^H2655 me evil^H7451.

¹⁵ Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”

KJVLet them be desolate^H8074^(H8799) for a reward^H6118 of their shame^H1322 that say^H559^(H8802) unto me, Aha^H1889, aha^H1889.

¹⁶ Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”

KJVLet all those that seek^H1245^(H8764) thee rejoice^H7797^(H8799) and be glad^H8055^(H8799) in thee: let such as love^H157^(H8802) thy salvation^H8668 say^H559^(H8799) continually^H8548, The LORD^H3068 be magnified^H1431^(H8799).

¹⁷ But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

KJVBut I am poor^H6041 and needy^H34; yet the Lord^H136 thinketh^H2803^(H8799) upon me: thou art my help^H5833 and my deliverer^H6403^(H8764); make no tarrying^H309^(H8762), O my God^H430.

WEB·Psalms 39

¹For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764), even to Jeduthun^H3038, A Psalm^H4210 of David^H1732. I said^H559^(H8804), I will take heed^H8104^(H8799) to my ways^H1870, that I sin^H2398^(H8800) not with my tongue^H3956: I will keep^H8104^(H8799) my mouth^H6310 with a bridle^H4269, while the wicked^H7563 is before me.

² I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

KJVI was dumb^H481^(H8738) with silence^H1747, I held my peace^H2814^(H8689), even from good^H2896; and my sorrow^H3511 was stirred^H5916^(H8738).

³ My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

KJVMy heart^H3820 was hot^H2552^(H8804) within^H7130 me, while I was musing^H1901 the fire^H784 burned^H1197^(H8799): then^H227 spake^H1696^(H8765) I with my tongue^H3956,

⁴ “Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

KJVLORD^H3068, make me to know^H3045^(H8685) mine end^H7093, and the measure^H4060 of my days^H3117, what it is; that I may know^H3045^(H8799) how frail^H2310 I am.

⁵ Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

KJVBehold, thou hast made^H5414^(H8804) my days^H3117 as an handbreadth^H2947; and mine age^H2465 is as nothing before thee: verily every^H3605 man^H120 at his best state^H5324^(H8737) is altogether^H3605 vanity^H1892. Selah^H5542.

⁶ “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

KJVSurely every man^H376 walketh^H1980^(H8691) in a vain shew^H6754: surely they are disquieted^H1993^(H8799) in vain^H1892: he heapeth up^H6651^(H8799) riches, and knoweth^H3045^(H8799) not who shall gather^H622^(H8802) them.

⁷ Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

KJVAnd now, Lord^H136, what wait^H6960^(H8765) I for? my hope^H8431 is in thee.

⁸ Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

KJVDeliver^H5337^(H8685) me from all my transgressions^H6588: make^H7760^(H8799) me not the reproach^H2781 of the foolish^H5036.

⁹ I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

KJVI was dumb^H481^(H8738), I opened^H6605^(H8799) not my mouth^H6310; because thou didst^H6213^(H8804) it.

¹⁰ Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

KJVRemove^H5493 thy stroke^H5061 away^H5493^(H8685) from me: I am consumed^H3615^(H8804) by the blow^H8409 of thine hand^H3027.

¹¹ When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

KJVWhen thou with rebukes^H8433 dost correct^H3256^(H8765) man^H376 for iniquity^H5771, thou makest his beauty^H2530^(H8803) to consume away^H4529^(H8686) like a moth^H6211: surely every man^H120 is vanity^H1892. Selah^H5542.

¹² “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) my prayer^H8605, O LORD^H3068, and give ear^H238^(H8685) unto my cry^H7775; hold not thy peace^H2790^(H8799) at my tears^H1832: for I am a stranger^H1616 with thee, and a sojourner^H8453, as all my fathers^H1 were.

¹³ Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”

KJVO spare^H8159^(H8685) me, that I may recover strength^H1082^(H8686), before I go hence^H3212^(H8799), and be no more.

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