Psalms 39:5

Lo! 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.]

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

6Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34But Barzillai said unto the king,—Like unto what, are the days of the years of my life, that I should come up with the king, to Jerusalem.

Job 9:25My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.

Psalms 39:11When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. [Selah.]

Psalms 89:47Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

Psalms 90:9For, all our days, decline in thy wrath,—We end our years like a sigh.

Psalms 144:4The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow.

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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