{"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/kjv/psalms/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:24:38.638Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, <i>even</i> 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 bridle, while the wicked is before me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, <i>even</i> from good; and my sorrow was stirred."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: <i>then</i> spake I with my tongue,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it <i>is; that</i> I may know how frail I <i>am</i>."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, thou hast made my days <i>as</i> an handbreadth; and mine age <i>is</i> as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state <i>is</i> altogether vanity. Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up <i>riches</i>, and knoweth not who shall gather them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope <i>is</i> 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 <i>it</i>."},{"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 <i>is</i> 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 <i>am</i> a stranger with thee, <i>and</i> a sojourner, as all my fathers <i>were</i>."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 39 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 39](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/39 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}