{"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/erv/psalms/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:57:24.522Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":39,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":38,"nextChapter":40,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician, for 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 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 kindled: then spake I with my tongue:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and mine age is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And now, Lord, what wait I for? 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; because thou didst it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When thou with rebukes dost correct 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, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 39](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/39 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}