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Psalm 39 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Para el director de música. De Jedutún. Salmo de David. Dije: «Cuidaré mi conducta para no pecar con la lengua; mantendré mi boca bajo control mientras el pecador esté delante de mí».
1 For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
2 Guardé silencio; no dije una palabra, ni siquiera algo bueno, y mi dolor aumentó.
2 I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
3 Mi corazón ardía en el pecho; mientras meditaba, se encendía el fuego. Entonces hablé:
3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
4 «Señor, hazme conocer mi final y cuánto durarán mis días, para que vea lo débil que soy.
4 “Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
5 Has hecho mis días tan breves como el ancho de una mano; mis años son nada ante ti. En verdad, todo ser humano es solo un soplo. Selah
5 Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
6 Todo ser humano pasa como una sombra; se afana en vano, acumula riquezas y no sabe quién se quedará con ellas.
6 “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
7 Y ahora, Señor, ¿qué espero? Mi esperanza está en ti.
7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8 Líbrame de todos mis pecados; no dejes que el malvado me avergüence.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
9 Guardo silencio y no abro la boca, porque tú lo has hecho.
9 I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
10 Deja de castigarme; los golpes de tu mano me consumen.
10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11 Cuando castigas con ira el pecado del hombre, la belleza de su cuerpo se consume. En verdad, todo ser humano es solo un soplo. Selah
11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
12 Escucha mi oración, Señor, y atiende a mi clamor; responde a mi llanto. Mi tiempo aquí ante ti es breve; pronto me iré, como todos mis padres.
12 “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
13 Aparta de mí tu ira para que encuentre consuelo, antes de irme de aquí y dejar de existir».
13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
Cross references (13)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 21:23; Psalm 141:3; James 1:26; Psalm 119:9; Micah 7:5–6
  2. 2 Matthew 27:12–14; Acts 4:20; Psalm 38:13–14; Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 7:6
  3. 3 Jeremiah 20:9; Luke 24:32; Ezekiel 3:14
  4. 4 Psalm 90:12; Psalm 103:14; Psalm 119:84; Job 14:13
  5. 5 Psalm 144:4; Psalm 89:47; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 90:9–10; Ecclesiastes 2:11
  6. 6 Luke 12:20–21; James 4:14; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Psalm 127:2; Ecclesiastes 12:13
  7. 7 Romans 15:13; Psalm 38:15; Psalm 119:81; Genesis 49:18; Psalm 119:166
  8. 8 Psalm 51:14; Psalm 44:13; Joel 2:17; Micah 7:19; Psalm 79:4
  9. 9 Job 2:10; 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 40:4–5; Daniel 4:35; 2 Samuel 16:10
  10. 10 Job 9:34; Job 13:21; Psalm 32:4; Psalm 25:16–17; Psalm 38:3–4
  11. 11 Job 13:28; Hebrews 12:6; Isaiah 50:9; Revelation 3:19; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
  12. 12 1 Peter 2:11; Hebrews 11:13; 2 Kings 20:5; Leviticus 25:23; Psalm 116:3
  13. 13 Job 14:5–6; Job 10:20–21; Job 14:10–12; Job 7:19; Genesis 5:24

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

Articles and answers on this site that cite Psalm 39.

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XXXVIII)

    What doth this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he "calls it to recollection." You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 39:11 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VII, Chapters X–XV)

    … feed upon me; nor shall thou convert me, like the food of thy flesh, into thee, but thou shall be converted into me." And I learned that Thou for iniquity dost correct man, and Thou dost make my soul to consume away like a spider. And I said, "Is Truth, therefore, nothing because it is neither diffused through space, finite, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 39:12 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXIV)

    "For I am a stranger," saith he, "and a sojourner, as all my fathers were." For this man, and all that are like him, let pass them that had sinned, and thought of those who had approved themselves.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 39:5 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XI, Chapters XXII–XXV)

    This is my hope; for this do I live, that I may contemplate the delights of the Lord. Behold, Thou hast made my days old, and they pass away, and in what manner I know not.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)