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1I 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.

2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

5Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.

9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. [Selah

12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, 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.

13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 39:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

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.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

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.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

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.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked <FI>is<Fi> before me.'

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

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.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 39:1.

  • Hebrews 2:1

    Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

  • James 1:26

    If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

  • Psalms 34:13

    Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Psalms 62:1

    My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From himcomethmy salvation.

  • Psalms 141:3

    Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

  • Psalms 119:9

    Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

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