https://gccsd.org/media/com_zefaniabible/images/bible_100.jpg https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/19-psalm/39-chapter.html?ord=052126 https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/19-psalm/39-chapter.html?ord=052126 Zefania Bible en-gb GCCSD Psalm chapter 39 https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/19-psalm/39-chapter.html?ord=052126 https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/19-psalm/39-chapter.html?ord=052126 Thu, 21 May 2026 01:06:43 -0400 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence." But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased. My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: "Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it. "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth-- each man is but a breath. Selah "Hear my prayer, O LORD, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were. Look away from me, that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more."