Psalms 39:5

O Lord my God, you have multiplied your wonderful works, and in your thoughts there is none who shall be likened to you: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

In Context

4Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 1

6+ 39:6 Heb 10:5-6 Sacrifice and offering you would not; but a body have you prepared me: whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin you did not require. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34And Berzelli 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 9:25But my life is swifter than a post: my days have fled away, and they knew it not.

Psalms 39:11But you, Lord, remove not your compassion far from me; your mercy and your truth have helped me continually. 1

Psalms 90:9For you, O Lord, are my hope: you, my soul, have made the Most High your refuge. 1

Psalms 144:4Generation after generation shall praise your works, and tell of your power. 1

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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