For the Chief Musician, for {Psalm 62 title. 77 title, 1 Chronicles 16:41, 25:1}Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, I will take heed to my ways,
That I sin not with my tongue:
I will keep {Hebrew: a bridle (or, muzzle) for my mouth}my mouth with a bridle,
While the wicked is before me.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {Or, and had no comfort Hebrew: away from good.}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 {Hebrew: standing firm.}at his best estate is altogether {Hebrew: a breath.}vanity. [Selah
Surely every man walketh {Or, as a shadow}in a vain show;
Surely they are disquieted {Or, for vanity}in vain:
He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
And now, Lord, what wait I for?
My hope is in thee.
Deliver me from all my transgressions:
Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth;
Because thou didst it.
Remove thy stroke away from me:
I am consumed by the {Hebrew: conflict.}blow of thy hand.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,
Thou {Or, consumest like a moth his delights}makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:
Surely every man is {Hebrew: a breath.}vanity.
[Selah
Hear 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.
Oh {Or, look away from me}spare me, that I may {Hebrew: brighten up.}recover strength,
Before I go hence, and be no more.
Querverweise zu Psalm 39,8 Ps 39,8
For thy name's sake, O Jehovah,Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me;They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Consider mine affliction and my travail;And forgive all my sins.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors,A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness,That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins,And blot out all mine iniquities.
Create {Or, for me}in me a clean heart, O God;And renew a {Or, stedfast}right spirit within me.
He will send from heaven, and save me,When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; [SelahGod will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
We are become a reproach to our neighbors,A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
{Hebrew: Words (or, Matters) of iniquities.}Iniquities prevail against me:As for our transgressions, thou wilt {Or, expiate}forgive them.
Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;For thine ordinances are good.
And he will redeem IsraelFrom all his iniquities.
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:
He will again have compassion upon us; he will {Or, subdue our iniquities}tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should {Or, use a byward against them}rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;
thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, {Isaiah 52:5.}even as it is written.