I vowed to watch my words,
I was silent and dumb,
My heart grew hot within me;
“Teach me, O Lord, my end,
See! My days you have made but a span,
it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro,
And now, what wait I for, Lord?
From all my transgressions deliver me;
I am dumb, never opening my mouth,
Remove your stroke from off me:
When you rebuke someone to punish their sins,
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
Look away from me, let me smile again,