诗39:1 大卫的诗，交给诗班长耶杜顿。我曾说：“我要谨慎我的行为，不让我的舌头犯罪；恶人在我面前的时候，我总要用罩子约束我的嘴。”
诗39:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
诗39:2 我静默不出声，甚至连好话也不说（“甚至连好话也不说”或译：“我安静也得不到安慰”），我的痛苦就更加剧烈。
诗39:2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.
诗39:3 我的心在我里面发热；我默想的时候，心里火烧；我就用舌头说话：
诗39:3 My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
诗39:4 “耶和华啊！求你使我知道我的结局，我的寿数有多少，使我知道我的生命多么短促。
诗39:4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.
诗39:5 你使我的日子窄如手掌，我的一生在你面前如同无有；各人站得最稳的时候，也只不过是一口气。（细拉）
诗39:5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
诗39:6 世人来来往往只是幻影，他们忙乱也是虚空；积聚财物，却不知道谁要来收取。
诗39:6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
诗39:7 主啊！现在我还等候什么呢？我的指望在乎你。
诗39:7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.
诗39:8 求你救我脱离我的一切过犯，不要使我遭受愚顽人的羞辱。
诗39:8 Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.
诗39:9 因为是你作了这事，我就静默不开口。
诗39:9 I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.
诗39:10 求你除掉你降在我身上的灾祸；因你手的责打，我就消灭。
诗39:10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.
诗39:11 你因人的罪孽，借着责罚管教他们，叫他们所宝贵的消失，像被虫蛀蚀；世人都不过是一口气。（细拉）
诗39:11 By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
诗39:12 耶和华啊！求你垂听我的祷告，留心听我的呼求；我流泪，求你不要缄默；因为我在你面前是客旅，是寄居的，像我所有的祖先一样。
诗39:12 Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
诗39:13 求你不要怒视我，使我在去而不返之先，可以喜乐。”
诗39:13 Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.