39:5 Look, you make my days short-lived,
and my life span is nothing from your perspective.
Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
39:6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.
Surely they accumulate worthless wealth
without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.
39:1 I decided,
and make sure I do not sin with my tongue.
I will put a muzzle over my mouth
while in the presence of an evil man.”
9:2 I will be happy and rejoice in you!
I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
17:8 Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye!
Hide me in the shadow of your wings!
A prayer of David.
17:1 Lord, consider my just cause!
Pay attention to my cry for help!
Listen to the prayer
I sincerely offer!
31:4 You will free me
for you are my place of refuge.
31:5 Into your hand I entrust my life;
you will rescue
31:2 Listen to me!
Quickly deliver me!
Be my protector and refuge,
a stronghold where I can be safe!
For the music director; by David.
14:1 Fools say to themselves,
They sin and commit evil deeds;
none of them does what is right.
A prayer
16:1 Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.
A prayer of David.
17:1 Lord, consider my just cause!
Pay attention to my cry for help!
Listen to the prayer
I sincerely offer!
17:2 Make a just decision on my behalf!
Decide what is right!
18:14 He shot his
many lightning bolts
18:17 He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hate me,
for they were too strong for me.
1:2 “Futile! Futile!” laments
“Absolutely futile!
1:3 What benefit
which
2:11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished
and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it,
I concluded:
like chasing the wind!
There is nothing gained
7:20 For
who continually does good and never sins.
12:8 “Absolutely futile!”
“All of these things