OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Psalms 39:4

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“LORD, show me my end,

what is the measure of my days.

Let me know how frail I am.

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Psalms 39:4 in context

Psalms 39:1–7

1

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.

I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

2

I was mute with silence.

I held my peace, even from good.

My sorrow was stirred.

3

My heart was hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned.

I spoke with my tongue:

4
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“LORD, show me my end,

what is the measure of my days.

Let me know how frail I am.

5

Behold, you have made my days hand widths.

My lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

6

“Surely every man walks like a shadow.

Surely they busy themselves in vain.

He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you.

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