Saamu 39
Fún adarí orin. Fún Jedutuni. Saamu Dafidi.
1Mo wí pé, “èmi yóò ṣọ́ ọ̀nà mi
kí èmi kí ó má fi ahọ́n mi ṣẹ̀;
èmi yóò fi ìjánu kó ara mi ní ẹnu
níwọ̀n ìgbà tí ènìyàn búburú bá ń bẹ ní iwájú mi.”
2Mo fi ìdákẹ́ ya odi;
mo tilẹ̀ pa ẹnu mi mọ́ kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rere;
ìbànújẹ́ mi sì pọ̀ sí i.
3Àyà mi gbóná ní inú mi.
Nígbà tí mo ń ṣàṣàrò, iná ràn;
nígbà náà ni mo fi ahọ́n mi sọ̀rọ̀:
4“Olúwa, jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó mọ òpin mi,
àti ìwọ̀n ọjọ́ mi, bí ó ti rí
kí èmi kí o le mọ ìgbà tí mó ní níhìn-ín.
5Ìwọ ti ṣe ayé mi
bí ìbú àtẹ́lẹwọ́,
ọjọ́ orí mi sì dàbí asán
ní iwájú rẹ:
Dájúdájú olúkúlùkù ènìyàn nínú
ìjókòó rere rẹ̀ jásí asán pátápátá. Sela.
6“Nítòótọ́ ni olúkúlùkù ń rìn kiri bí òjìji.
Nítòótọ́ ni wọ́n ń yọ ara wọn lẹ́nu lórí asán;
wọ́n ń kó ọrọ̀ jọ,
wọn kò sì mọ ẹni tí yóò ko lọ.
7“Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìsinsin yìí,
Olúwa,
kín ni mo ń dúró dè?
Ìrètí mí ń bẹ ní ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ.
8Gbà mí lọ́wọ́ ìrékọjá mi gbogbo.
Kí o má sì sọ mí di ẹni ẹ̀gàn
àwọn ènìyàn búburú.
9Mo dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́;
èmi kò sì ya ẹnu mi,
nítorí wí pé ìwọ ni ó ṣe é.
10Mú pàṣán rẹ kúrò ní ara mi;
èmí ṣègbé tán nípa lílù ọwọ́ rẹ.
11Ìwọ fi ìbáwí kìlọ̀
fún ènìyàn nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀,
ìwọ a mú ẹwà rẹ parun
bí kòkòrò aṣọ;
nítòótọ́ asán ni ènìyàn gbogbo.
12“Gbọ́ àdúrà mi, Olúwa,
kí o sì fetí sí igbe mi;
kí o má ṣe di etí rẹ sí ẹkún mi
nítorí àlejò ni èmi lọ́dọ̀ rẹ
àti àtìpó, bí gbogbo àwọn baba mi ti rí.
13Dá mi sí, kí èmi lè ní agbára,
kí èmi tó lọ kúrò níhìn-ín yìí,
àti kí èmi ó tó ṣe aláìsí.”
Psalm 39In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1I said, “I will watch my ways
and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth
while in the presence of the wicked.”
2So I remained utterly silent,
not even saying anything good.
But my anguish increased;
3my heart grew hot within me.
While I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.
5You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,
even those who seem secure.39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
6“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;
in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth
without knowing whose it will finally be.
7“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.
8Save me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the scorn of fools.
9I was silent; I would not open my mouth,
for you are the one who has done this.
10Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,
you consume their wealth like a moth—
surely everyone is but a breath.
12“Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
before I depart and am no more.”
