1 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. Compare verse8 commentaries
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. Compare verse10 commentaries
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue, Compare verse7 commentaries
4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. Compare verse6 commentaries
5 Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Compare verse10 commentaries
6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. Compare verse8 commentaries
11 When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. Compare verse6 commentaries
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Compare verse5 commentaries