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Psalm 39:4-6
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4 “Eternal One, let me understand my end
    and how brief my earthly existence is;
    help me realize my life is fleeting.
5 You have determined the length of my days,
    and my life is nothing compared to You.
Even the longest life is only a breath.”

[pause][a]

6 In truth, each of us journeys through life like a shadow.
    We busy ourselves accomplishing nothing, piling up assets we can never keep;
We can’t even know who will end up with those things.

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Footnotes

  1. 39:5 Literally, selah, likely a musical direction from a Hebrew root meaning “to lift up”
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Psalm 39:4-6
New International Version

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

6 “Surely everyone goes around(F) like a mere phantom;(G)
    in vain they rush about,(H) heaping up wealth(I)
    without knowing whose it will finally be.(J)

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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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