1 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good;
3 My heart was hot within me;
4 Jehovah, make me to know mine end,
5 Behold, thou hast made my days
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show;
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for?
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions:
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth;
10 Remove thy stroke away from me:
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,
12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry;
13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,