Psalms Chapter 39 | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִ֭ידוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

KJVTo the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

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אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶשְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַ֣י מֵחֲטֹ֣א בִלְשׁוֹנִ֑י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְ֝פִ֗י מַחְסֹ֗ום בְּעֹ֗ד רָשָׁ֗ע לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃

KJVI 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.

I said: I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.

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נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּ֑ה הֶחֱשֵׁ֥יתִי מִ֝טּ֗וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃

KJVI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse.

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חַם לִבִּ֗י בְּקִרְבִּ֫י בַּהֲגִיגִ֥י תִבְעַר אֵ֑שׁ דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּלְשׁוֹנִֽי׃

KJVMy heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

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הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי׃

KJVLORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

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הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְחֶלְדִּ֣י כְ֭אַיִן נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ אַ֥ךְ כָּל הֶ֝בֶל כָּל אָדָ֥ם נִצָּֽב׃

KJVBehold, 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.

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath!

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אַ֤ךְ בְּצֶ֨לֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּ֬ך אִ֗ישׁ אַ֤ךְ הֶ֥בֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּן יִ֥צְבֹּר וְ֝לֹ֗א יֵדַ֥ע מִי אֹסְפָֽם׃

KJVSurely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

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וְעַתָּ֣ה מַה קִּוִּ֣יתִי אֲדֹנָ֑י תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י לְךָ הִֽיא׃

KJVAnd now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

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מִכָּל פְּשָׁעַ֥י הַצִּילֵ֑נִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נָ֝בָ֗ל אַל תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃

KJVDeliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

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נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶפְתַּח פִּ֑י כִּ֥י אַ֝תָּ֗ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃

KJVI was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

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הָסֵ֬ר מֵעָלַ֨י ׀ נִגְעֶ֗ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָדְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃

KJVRemove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

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בְּ֭תוֹכָחוֹת עַל עָ֣וֹן יִסַּ֣רְתָּ אִ֑ישׁ וַתֶּ֥מֶס כָּ֝עָשׁ חֲמוּד֗וֹ אַ֣ךְ הֶ֣בֶל כָּל אָדָ֗ם׃

KJVWhen thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath!

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שִׁמְעָ֤ה תְפִלָּתִ֨י ׀ יְהוָ֗ה וְשַׁוְעָתִ֥י הַאֲזִ֗ינָה אֶֽל דִּמְעָתִ֗י אַל תֶּחֱרַ֗שׁ כִּ֤י גֵ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י עִמָּ֑ךְ תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב כְּכָל אֲבוֹתָֽי׃

KJVHear 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.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

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הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

KJVO spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!

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