{"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/dbt/psalms/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:41:34.914Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":39,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":38,"nextChapter":40,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee."},{"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; for thou hast done it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 39 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 39](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/39 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}