Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and mine age is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, 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 89:47O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Psalms 90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we bring our years to an end 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 →