1. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
2. I was mute with silence.I held my peace, even from good.My sorrow was stirred.
3. My heart was hot within me.While I meditated, the fire burnt.I spoke with my tongue:
4. “Lord, show me my end,what is the measure of my days.Let me know how frail I am.
5. Behold, you have made my days hand widths.My lifetime is as nothing before you.Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
6. “Surely every man walks like a shadow.Surely they busy themselves in vain.He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
7. Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.