Psalm 38 — Psalms 38:21–39:5

Forsake me not, O Jehovah:
O my God, be not far from me.

Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation.

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.

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

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

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

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