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Psalms 39:5

Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

4Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

Job 9:25My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.

Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

Psalms 89:47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

Psalms 90:9For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.

Psalms 144:4Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

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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