Psalms 39 (NET)

Psalms 39:1¹I decided, “I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil person.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:23Ps 141:3Jas 1:26Ps 119:9Ps 34:13Jas 3:2-8Mic 7:5-6Heb 2:1Prov 18:211 Kgs 2:4

Psalms 39:2²I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:20Matt 27:12-14Isa 53:7Ps 38:13-14Job 32:19-20Matt 7:6

Psalms 39:3³my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 20:9Luke 24:32Ezek 3:14

Psalms 39:4⁴“O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life. Let me realize how quickly my life will pass.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 90:12Ps 103:14Job 14:13Ps 119:84

Psalms 39:5⁵Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. (Selah)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 144:4Ps 89:47Ps 62:9Ps 90:9-10Eccl 2:11Ps 39:11Jas 4:14Job 14:1-2Ps 90:4-5Gen 47:9

Psalms 39:6⁶Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 12:20-21Eccl 2:26Jas 4:141 Cor 7:31Eccl 12:13Ps 127:21 Pet 5:7Eccl 4:7-8Eccl 5:14Luke 12:29

Psalms 39:7⁷But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:13Ps 38:15Ps 119:81Gen 49:18Job 13:15Ps 119:166Ps 130:5-6Luke 2:25

Psalms 39:8⁸Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion. Do not make me the object of fools’ insults.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 44:13Ps 51:14Joel 2:17Mic 7:19Joel 2:19Ps 130:8Ps 25:11Ps 25:18Ps 51:7-10Ps 57:3

Psalms 39:9⁹I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 2:101 Sam 3:182 Sam 16:10Dan 4:35Job 1:21Job 40:4-5Lev 10:3Ps 38:13

Psalms 39:10¹⁰Please stop wounding me. You have almost beaten me to death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 9:34Job 13:21Ps 25:16-17Ps 32:4Ps 38:3-41 Sam 6:5Job 40:8

Psalms 39:11¹¹You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:28Heb 12:6Isa 50:91 Cor 11:30-32Rev 3:191 Cor 5:5Ps 102:10-112 Pet 2:16Hos 5:12Job 30:30

Psalms 39:12¹²Hear my prayer, O Lord. Listen to my cry for help. Do not ignore my sobbing. For I am a resident foreigner with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:11Heb 11:132 Kgs 20:5Lev 25:23Gen 47:9Ps 116:3Ps 119:191 Chr 29:151 Pet 1:17Heb 5:7

Psalms 39:13¹³Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 10:20-21Job 14:10-12Job 14:5-6Job 7:19Gen 42:36Gen 5:24