Psalms 39
1(For the one directing, even to Yedutun. Mizmor Dovid) 1
2I said, I will be shomer over my ways, 1 that I sin not with my leshon; 1 I will be shomer over my mouth with a muzzle, 1 while the rashah is before me. 1
3I was dumb with silence, 1 I held my peace for the sake of tov; 1 and my distress grew severe. 1
4My lev became hot within me; 1 while I was musing the eish burned; 1 then I spoke with my leshon: 1
5Hashem, make me to know mine end, 1 and the measure of my yamim, what it is; 1 that I may have da'as of how chadel (fleeting, frail) I am. 1
6Hinei, Thou hast made my yamim as a handbreadth, 1 and mine lifespan is as nothing before Thee; 1 verily kol adam stand as kol hevel (altogether vanity). 1 Selah 1
7Surely every ish walketh in a tzel (shadow); 1 surely they are in turmoil in vain; 1 he heapeth up riches, and hath no da'as of who shall gather them. 1
8And now, Adonoi, what do I wait for? 1 My hope is in Thee. 1
9Save me from all my peysha'im; 1 make me not the reproach of the foolish. 1
10I was silent, I opened not my mouth; 1 because Atah (Thou) did it. 1
11Remove Thy nega (stroke, scourge) away from me; 1 I am consumed by the blow of Thine yad. 1
12When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for avon (iniquity), 1 Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: 1 surely kol adam are hevel (vanity). 1 Selah 1
13Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and give ear unto my cry; 1 hold not Thy peace at my weeping; 1 for I am a ger with Thee, 1 and a sojourner, as were all my Avot. 1
14O spare me from Thy frown, that I may recover strength, 1 before I depart, v'eineni (and I be no more). + 39:14 T.N. Animal sacrifices cannot take away sin; they are only a shadow of the korban nefesh of Moshiach. See Ps 40 and MJ chp 10; Isa 53:10 .