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Psalms 39:4 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail "
Psalms 39:4
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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather
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Psalms 39:1
"[[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked"
Psalms 39:2
"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred."
Psalms 39:3
"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,"
Psalms 39:5
"Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah."
Psalms 39:6
"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather"
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