1For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. 2I was mute with silence. 3My heart was hot within me. 4"JEHOVAH, show me my end, 5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. 6"Surely every man walks like a shadow. 7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? 8Deliver me from all my transgressions. 9I was mute. 10Remove your scourge away from me. 11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, 12"Hear my prayer, JEHOVAH, and give ear to my cry. 13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,