{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:40:43.837Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":39,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":38,"nextChapter":40,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity.  Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 39 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 39](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/39 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}