Psalms 39:4

“Yahweh, make me know when will be the end of my life 1 and the extent of my days. 1 Show me how transient I am. 1

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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

3My heart became hot; 1 when I thought about these things, it burned like a fire. 1 Then finally I spoke. 1

5See, you have made my days only the width of my hand, 1 and my lifetime is like nothing before you. 1 Surely every man is a single breath. Selah 1

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Cross References

Psalms 90:12So teach us to consider our life 1 so that we might live wisely. 1

Psalms 119:84How long must your servant endure this; 1 when will you judge those who persecute me? 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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