Psalms 39:6

You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

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In The King James Version

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

In Context

5Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.

7Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.

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Cross References

Job 7:7Remember that my life is wind, and my eye will not return to see good things.

Job 14:1Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Psalms 49:10For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.

Psalms 127:2For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Proverbs 13:22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.

Proverbs 27:24for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:2-7

Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. 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. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a… Read the whole commentary →

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