Psalms 39:6
Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
Cross References
Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.
Job 14:1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, and leaue their riches for others.
Psalms 127:2It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.
Proverbs 13:22The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust.
Proverbs 27:24For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
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 →