Psalms 39:6
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Cross References
Job 7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.
Job 14:1“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Psalms 49:10For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Proverbs 27:24for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:2-7
Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. 1 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 is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a… Read the whole commentary →