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Psalms 39:4

Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

In Context

3Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!

5Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]

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Cross References

Psalms 90:12How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

Psalms 119:84How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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