Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
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2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
Job 9:25Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah
Psalms 89:47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Psalms 90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
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 →