Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
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2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Job 9:25And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Psalms 90:9For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.
Psalms 144:4Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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 →