Psalms 39:6

Surely 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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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, 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

7Now, Lord, for what am I waiting? 1 You are my only hope. 1

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Cross References

Job 7:7God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; 1 my eye will no more see good. 1

Job 14:1Man, who is born of woman, 1 lives only a few days and is full of trouble. 1

Psalms 49:10For he will see decay. Wise men die; 1 the fool and the brute alike perish 1 and leave their wealth to others. 1

Psalms 127:2It is useless for you to rise up early, 1 to come home late, 1 or to eat the bread of hard work, 1 for Yahweh provides for his beloved as they sleep. 1

Proverbs 13:22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, 1 but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous person. 1

Proverbs 27:24for wealth is not forever. 1 Does a crown endure for all generations? 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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