Psalms 39:5
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.
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2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
Job 9:25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
Psalms 144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth 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 →