Psalms 39:5

See, 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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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

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

6Surely every man walks about like a shadow. 1 Surely everyone hurries about 1 to accumulate riches although they do not know who will receive them. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days are left in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Job 9:25My days are swifter than a running messenger; 1 my days flee away; they see no good anywhere. 1

Psalms 39:11When you discipline people for sin, 1 you consume the things they desire like a moth; 1 surely all people are nothing but vapor. Selah 1

Psalms 89:47Oh, think about how short my time is, 1 and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind! 1

Psalms 90:9Our life passes away under your wrath; 1 our years quickly pass like a sigh. 1

Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; 1 his days are like a passing shadow. 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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