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Psalm 39:3-5
Good News Translation

3     and I was overcome with anxiety.
The more I thought, the more troubled I became;
    I could not keep from asking:
4 “Lord, how long will I live?
    When will I die?
    Tell me how soon my life will end.”

5 How short you have made my life!
    In your sight my lifetime seems nothing.
Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,

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Psalm 39:3-5
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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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  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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