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The Vanity of Life.For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. | ||||
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| 1 For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence." | 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. | 1 [For the choir director; for Jeduthun; a psalm by David.] I said, "I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence." | 1 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." | 1 {To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me. | 2 I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse. | 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. | 2 I remained totally speechless. I kept silent, although it did me no good. While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse. | 2 I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. | 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred. | 3 My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, | 3 My heart burned like a fire flaring up within me. Then I spoke with my tongue: | 3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue: | 3 My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue, | 4 "LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. | 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. | 4 "Teach me, O LORD, about the end of my life. Teach me about the number of days I have left so that I may know how temporary my life is. | 4 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. | 4 Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am. | 5 "Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah. | 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. | 5 Indeed, you have made the length of my days [only] a few inches. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind. [Selah] | 5 Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah. | 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them. | 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. | 6 Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them." | 6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather. | 6 Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. | 7 "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. | 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. | 7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? My hope is in you! | 7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. | 7 And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee. | 8 "Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. | 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. | 8 Rescue me from all my rebellious acts. Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools. | 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish. | 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish. | 9 "I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. | 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. | 9 I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you are the one who has done this. | 9 I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it. | 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for thou hast done it. | 10 "Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing. | 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. | 10 Remove the sickness you laid upon me. My life is over because you struck me with your hand. | 10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. | 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah. | 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. | 11 With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. [Selah] | 11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah. | 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah. | 12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers. | 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. | 12 Listen to my prayer, O LORD. Open your ear to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my ancestors. | 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. | 12 Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers. | 13 "Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more." | 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. | 13 Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more. | 13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. | 13 Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more. |
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