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（大衛的詩，交與伶長耶杜頓。）我曾說：我要謹慎我的言行，免得我舌頭犯罪；惡人在我面前的時候，我要用嚼環勒住我的口。我默然無聲，連好話也不出口；我的愁苦就發動了，我的心在我裡面發熱。我默想的時候，火就燒起，我便用舌頭說話。耶和華啊，求你叫我曉得我身之終！我的壽數幾何？叫我知道我的生命不長！你使我的年日窄如手掌；我一生的年數，在你面前如同無有。各人最穩妥的時候，真是全然虛幻。（細拉）世人行動實係幻影。他們忙亂，真是枉然；積蓄財寶，不知將來有誰收取。
主啊，如今我等什麼呢？我的指望在乎你！
求你救我脫離一切的過犯，不要使我受愚頑人的羞辱。因我所遭遇的是出於你，我就默然不語。求你把你的責罰從我身上免去；因你手的責打，我便消滅。你因人的罪惡懲罰他的時候，叫他的笑容（的笑容：或譯所喜愛的）消滅，如衣被蟲所咬。世人真是虛幻！（細拉）耶和華啊，求你聽我的禱告，留心聽我的呼求！我流淚，求你不要靜默無聲！因為我在你面前是客旅，是寄居的，像我列祖一般。求你寬容我，使我在去而不返之先可以力量復原。English
<To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me. I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow. My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue, Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am. You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.) Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.
Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour. I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it. No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand. By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.) Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers. Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.
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A.H. 小語
今日 #主日詩篇39 選畫策展的是英國畫家、雕塑家，喬治·弗雷德里克·沃茨（George Frederic Watts,1817-1904年）著名作品《希望》（Hope,1886）。她坐在地球儀上，彈奏著七弦琴，除了一根琴弦外，所有的琴弦都斷了。她低下頭聽著微弱的音樂。 淡淡的淒涼中，象徵主義的沃茨，畫的是思想-希望。或許只有畫面的憂鬱感，才最能帶給人們憂鬱時的溫柔撫慰，也最能孕育希望。
