{"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/drb/psalms/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:53:02.083Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":39,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":38,"nextChapter":40,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 39 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 39](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/39 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}