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Psalm 39:3-5
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3 I felt a fire burning inside,
    and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
    until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
    Will I soon be gone?
5 You made my life short,
so brief that the time
    means nothing to you.

“Human life is but a breath,

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Psalm 39:3-5
New International Version

3     my heart grew hot(A) within me.
While I meditated,(B) the fire(C) burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

4 “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;(D)
    let me know how fleeting(E) my life is.(F)
5 You have made my days(G) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(H)
    even those who seem secure.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
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