1Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.stylus2I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.stylus3I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.stylus4My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.stylus5I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.stylus6Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.stylus7Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.stylus8And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.stylus9Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.stylus10I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.stylus11Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:stylus12Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.stylus13Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.stylus14O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.stylus
