Psalm 39:5-7
English Standard Version Anglicised
5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and (A)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (B)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
6 Surely a man (C)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (D)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
(E)My hope is in you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
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.
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