1 I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.

2 I was mute with silence.

3 My heart was hot within me.

4 “LORD, show me my end,

5 Behold, you have made my days hand widths.

6 “Surely every man walks like a shadow.

7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.

9 I was mute.

10 Remove your scourge away from me.

11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,

12 “Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.

13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,