1 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.

1 ¶ 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.

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

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

3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

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

4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

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

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

12 ¶ Hear my prayer, O Lord, 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.

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

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