🎵WEB · Psalms 39:5
What does Psalms 39:5 mean?
"Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah."
— Psalms 39:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
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