1 I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as the wicked are before me.”
2 I was mute with silence. I was silent even from saying good things, and my pain was stirred up.
3 My heart grew hot inside me; in my sighing a fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue,
4 “Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I am.”