1 I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

1To the chiefe Musician, euen to Ieduthun, A Psalme of Dauid. I sayd, I will take heede to my waies, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

2I was dumbe with silence, I held my peace, euen from good, and my sorrow was stirred.

3My heart was hot within mee, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue.

4Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: that I may know how fraile I am.

5Behold, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily euery man at his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

6Surely euery man walketh in a vaine shew: surely they are disquieted in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7And now Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

8Deliuer me from all my transgressions: make mee not the reproch of the foolish.

9I was dumbe, I opened not my mouth; because thou diddest it.

10Remooue thy stroke away from mee: I am consumed by the blowe of thine hand.

11When thou with rebukes doest correct man for iniquitie, thou makest his beautie to consume away like a moth: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

12Heare my prayer, O Lord, and giue eare vnto my crie, hold not thy peace at my teares: for I am a straunger with thee, and a soiourner, as all my fathers were.

13O spare me, that I may recouer strength: before I goe hence, and be no more.

I == 1st Kings 2:4 ; 2nd Kings 10:31 ; Ps 141:3 ; Col 4:5 ; James 3:2

 

III == Jer 20:9

 

IV == Ps 80:12 ; 119:84

 

V == Ps 39:11 ; 62:9 ; 90:4 ; 144:4

 

VI == Eccl 2:18 , 21 , 26 ; 5:14 ; James 4:14

 

 

VII == Ps 38:15

VIII == Ps 44:13 ; 79:4

 

IX ==2nd Sam 16:10

 

X == Job 9:34 ; 13:21

XI == Job 4:19 ; 13:28

 

 

 

XII == Gen 47:9 Lev 25:23

 

 

XIII == Job 10:20-21 ; 14:5-6 , 10-12

 

1 For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

2 I said, “I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth.”

3 Mute and silent before the wicked, I refrain from good things. But my sorrow increases;

4 my heart smolders within me. In my sighing a fire blazes up, and I break into speech:

5LORD, let me know my end, the number of my days, that I may learn how frail I am.

6 To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days; indeed, my life is as nothing before you. Every man is but a breath.

7 Man goes about as a mere phantom; they hurry about, although in vain;

he heaps up stores without knowing for whom.

8 And now, LORD, for what do I wait? You are my only hope.

9 From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools.

10 I am silent and do not open my mouth because you are the one who did this.

11 Take your plague away from me; I am ravaged by the touch of your hand.

12 You chastise man with rebukes for sin; like a moth you consume his treasures. Every man is but a breath.

13 Listen to my prayer, LORD, hear my cry; do not be deaf to my weeping! For I am with you like a foreigner, a refugee, like my ancestors.

14 Turn your gaze from me, that I may smile before I depart to be no more.

David has apparently been critically ill for some time and in v 1-6 is speaking of the brevity of life to his chief musician, Jeduthun. He realizes God is disciplining him, and he wants to avoid sinning by his words, but in v 3 he has to speak.
in verses 7-13 David realizes his affliction is due to his sins, so he throws himself wholly on the Lord, because He is his only hope.