- 1[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] 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.לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לידיתון לִֽידוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד
- 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַי֮ מֵחֲט֪וֹא בִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְפִ֥י מַחְס֑וֹם בְּעֹ֖ד רָשָׁ֣ע לְנֶגְדִּֽי
- 3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר
- 4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.חַם לִבִּ֨י בְּקִרְבִּ֗י בַּהֲגִיגִ֥י תִבְעַר אֵ֑שׁ דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי
- 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.הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי
- 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.הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְחֶלְדִּ֣י כְאַ֣יִן נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ אַ֥ךְ כָּֽל הֶ֥בֶל כָּל אָ֝דָ֗ם נִצָּ֥ב סֶֽלָה
- 7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.אַךְ בְּצֶ֤לֶם יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ אִ֗ישׁ אַךְ הֶ֥בֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּן יִ֝צְבֹּ֗ר וְֽלֹא יֵדַ֥ע מִי אֹסְפָֽם
- 8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.וְעַתָּ֣ה מַה קִּוִּ֣יתִי אֲדֹנָ֑י תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י הִֽיא
- 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.מִכָּל פְּשָׁעַ֥י הַצִּילֵ֑נִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נָ֝בָ֗ל אַל תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי
- 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶפְתַּח פִּ֑י כִּ֖י אַתָּ֣ה עָשִֽׂיתָ
- 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.הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי
- 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.בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת עַל עָוֺ֨ן יִסַּ֬רְתָּ אִ֗ישׁ וַתֶּ֣מֶס כָּעָ֣שׁ חֲמוּד֑וֹ אַ֤ךְ הֶ֖בֶל כָּל אָדָ֣ם סֶֽלָה
- 13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.שִֽׁמְעָ֥ה תְפִלָּתִ֨י יְהוָ֡ה וְשַׁוְעָתִ֨י הַאֲזִינָה֮ אֶֽל דִּמְעָתִ֗י אַֽל תֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ כִּ֤י גֵ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י עִמָּ֑ךְ תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב כְּכָל אֲבוֹתָֽי
Psalm 39 KJV
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123 tagged Hebrew tokens88 distinct lexical entries13 of 13 verses source-tagged
אַךְH389
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
הֶבֶלH1892
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
יָדַעH3045
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
מָהH4100
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
אָדָםH120
ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
הוּאH1931
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
יְדוּתוּןH3038
Jeduthun, an Israelite
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
יוֹםH3117
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Psalm 39:1 | 2,871 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:2 | 4,016 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:3 | 1,765 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:4 | 2,984 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:5 | 1,180 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:6 | 4,304 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:7 | 5,002 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:8 | 1,987 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:9 | 2,356 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:10 | 2,357 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:11 | 3,126 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:12 | 4,947 | study verse |
| Psalm 39:13 | 5,846 | study verse |
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