Tehillim 39

²I said, I will be shomer over my ways,

that I sin not with my leshon;

I will be shomer over my mouth with a muzzle,

while the rashah is before me.

³I was dumb with silence,

I held my peace for the sake of tov;

and my distress grew severe.

⁴My lev became hot within me;

while I was musing the eish burned;

then I spoke with my leshon:

⁵Hashem , make me to know mine end,

and the measure of my yamim, what it is;

that I may have da'as of how chadel (fleeting, frail) I am.

⁶Hinei, Thou hast made my yamim as a handbreadth,

and mine lifespan is as nothing before Thee;

verily kol adam stand as kol hevel (altogether vanity) .

Selah

⁷Surely every ish walketh in a tzel (shadow) ;

surely they are in turmoil in vain;

he heapeth up riches, and hath no da'as of who shall gather them.

⁸And now, Adonoi, what do I wait for?

My hope is in Thee.

⁹Save me from all my peysha'im;

make me not the reproach of the foolish.

¹⁰I was silent, I opened not my mouth;

because Atah (Thou) did it.

¹¹Remove Thy nega (stroke, scourge) away from me;

I am consumed by the blow of Thine yad.

¹²When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for avon (iniquity) ,

Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:

surely kol adam are hevel (vanity) .

Selah

¹³Hear my tefillah, Hashem , and give ear unto my cry;

hold not Thy peace at my weeping;

for I am a ger with Thee,

and a sojourner, as were all my Avot.

¹⁴O spare me from Thy frown, that I may recover strength,

before I depart, v'eineni (and I be no more) .