Psalms 39:5
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
World English Bible
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In Context
4“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:34Barzillai 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 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
Psalms 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
Psalms 90:9For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
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 →