Psalms 39:6
(39:7) As nothing but a shadowy image doth man walk about, yea, for vanity only do all make a noise: he heapeth up his gains, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7(39:8) And now, what shall I wait for, O Lord? my hope is in thee.
Cross References
Job 7:7Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life; that my eye will not again see happiness;
Job 14:1Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
Psalms 49:10(49:11) For he must see that wise men die, that together the fool and the brutish person perish and leave to others their wealth.
Psalms 127:2It is in vain for you to be early in rising, to be late in sitting up, eating the bread of painful toils; [for] so doth he give unto his beloved during sleep.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous.
Proverbs 27:24For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations.
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 →