1<\/sup>Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.<\/span> <\/p>\n