Psalm 39:5-13
Legacy Standard Bible
5 Behold, You have made (A)my days as [a]handbreadths,
And my (B)lifetime as nothing before You;
Surely every man, even standing firm, is [b]altogether (C)vanity. [c]Selah.
6 Surely every man (D)walks about as [d]a shadow;
Surely they make an (E)uproar in vain;
He (F)piles up riches and does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, what do I hope in?
My (G)expectation is in You.
8 (H)Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Make me not the (I)reproach of the wicked fool.
9 I have become (J)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is (K)You who have done it.
10 (L)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of (M)the opposition of Your hand I am wasting away.
11 With (N)reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You (O)consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely (P)every man is vanity. Selah.
12 “(Q)Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help;
Do not be silent (R)at my tears;
For I am (S)a sojourner with You,
A (T)foreign resident like all my fathers.
13 (U)Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may [e]smile again
Before I go and am no more.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:5 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm
- Psalm 39:5 Or mere breath
- Psalm 39:5 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 39:6 Lit an image
- Psalm 39:13 Or become cheerful
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Futility of futilities
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Futility of futilities
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or futile
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