Psalms 39:6

it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro, and all our noise is for nothing. We heap up, and know not who will gather.”

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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

5See! My days you have made but a span, and my life is as nothing before you. It is but as a breath that everyone stands: Selah

7And now, what wait I for, Lord? My hope is in you.

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Cross References

Psalms 49:10But see it they will. Even wise people die, the fool and the brutish perish alike, and abandon their wealth to others.

Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early, and finish so late, and so eat sorrow’s bread; for he cares for his loved ones in their sleep.

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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