Psalms 39:4

(39:5) Let me know, O Lord, my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I wish to know when I shall cease to be.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

In Context

3(39:4) My heart was hot within me, in my self-communing there burnt a fire: [then] spoke I with my tongue,

5(39:6) Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah.

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Cross References

Psalms 90:12Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.

Psalms 119:84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors?

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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