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Psalm 39:5-7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Psalm 39:5-7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
5 Behold, You have made my days as [short as] handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Truly every man at his best is merely a breath! Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!
6 Surely every man walks to and fro—like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and emptiness he is in turmoil; each one heaps up riches, not knowing who will gather them.(A)
7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for and expect? My hope and expectation are in You.
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Psalm 39:5-7
New International Version
Psalm 39:5-7
New International Version
5 You have made my days(A) a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(B)
even those who seem secure.[a]
6 “Surely everyone goes around(C) like a mere phantom;(D)
in vain they rush about,(E) heaping up wealth(F)
without knowing whose it will finally be.(G)
7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.(H)
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Psalm 39:5-7
New King James Version
Psalm 39:5-7
New King James Version
5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (A)vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [a]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My (B)hope is in You.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
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