Psalm 39 (Show Me My Life's End) - Orchestral Version

I said, "I will guard my ways
To keep from sinning with my tongue
With a muzzle I will guard my mouth
While the wicked linger near"

I was mute and silent
I held my peace to no avail
And my distress grew worse and worse
My heart became so hot within

And as I mused, the fire burned
And then I spoke with my tongue

O LORD, show me my life's end
And the number of my days
Show me how fleeting my existence is
You've made my life just inches long
It's nothing before You
Oh, at best, man is just a breath

Surely man is nothing more
Than a shadow whose work disappears
He heaps up wealth and doesn't know
Who will have it in the end

And now, O LORD, for what am I living?
All of my hope is in You
That You'll save me from all my sins
Do not let me be mocked by the fool
I'm mute, I don't open my mouth
For You've done this to me

O LORD, show me my life's end
And the number of my days
Show me how fleeting my existence is
You've made my life just inches long
It's nothing before You
Oh, at best, man is just a breath

All my hope
All my hope
All my hope is in You
All my hope
All my hope
All my hope is in You

Remove this punishment
I'm consumed by the anger You pour out
When you scourge a man for sin
You remove like a moth what is dear to him
Surely man is a breath
All mankind is a breath

Hear my prayer, O LORD
And listen to me
Do not be silent as a weep and cry out

O LORD, show me my life's end
And the number of my days
Show me how fleeting my existence is
You've made my life just inches long
It's nothing before You
Oh, at best, I am just a breath

All my hope
All my hope
All my hope is in You
All my hope
All my hope
All my hope is in You

For I'm a sojourner with You
Like my fathers, I'm just passing through
Look away from me so I can smile
Before I leave and am no more
Look away so I can smile again
Before I leave and am no more