39:1I 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.
39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
39:4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
39:5Behold, 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.
39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
39:12Hear 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.
39:13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
62:3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
62:9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
62:12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.