Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 39:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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. {at...: Heb. settled}”
Psalms 39:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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 I {am}. {how...: or, what time I have here}
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. {at...: Heb. settled}
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
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