--- title: Psalms 39 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 39 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 39 # Psalms 39 14 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [39:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.1/) — לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִֽידוּתוּן מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ — For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. - [39:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.2/) — אָמַרְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָה דְרָכַי מֵחֲטוֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם בְּעֹד רָשָׁע לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃ — I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.' - [39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.3/) — נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּֽר׃ — I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check. - [39:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.4/) — חַם־לִבִּי ׀ בְּקִרְבִּי בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ דִּבַּרְתִּי בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃ — My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue: - [39:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.5/) — הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה ׀ קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה־הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה־חָדֵל אָֽנִי׃ — 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am. - [39:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.6/) — הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת ׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּֽל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶֽלָה׃ — Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. - [39:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.7/) — אַךְ־בְּצֶלֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־אִישׁ אַךְ־הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן יִצְבֹּר וְֽלֹא־יֵדַע מִי־אֹסְפָֽם׃ — Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. - [39:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.8/) — וְעַתָּה מַה־קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי תּוֹחַלְתִּי לְךָ הִֽיא׃ — And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee. - [39:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.9/) — מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי חֶרְפַּת נָבָל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃ — Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base. - [39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.10/) — נֶאֱלַמְתִּי לֹא אֶפְתַּח־פִּי כִּי אַתָּה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃ — I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it. - [39:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.11/) — הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ אֲנִי כָלִֽיתִי׃ — Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. - [39:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.12/) — בְּֽתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן ׀ יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶֽלָה׃ — With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. - [39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.13/) — שִֽׁמְעָה־תְפִלָּתִי ׀ יְהוָה וְשַׁוְעָתִי ׀ הַאֲזִינָה אֶֽל־דִּמְעָתִי אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ תּוֹשָׁב כְּכָל־אֲבוֹתָֽי׃ — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. - [39:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.14/) — הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ — Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.' - ← previous: [Psalms 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/38/) - next →: [Psalms 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/40/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)