Psalms 39:4 - Compare All Versions

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“Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.

“O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is.

“LORD, make me aware of my end and the number of my days so that I will know how short-lived I am.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; That I may know how frail I am.

“LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.

“Tell me, what’s going on, GOD? How long do I have to live? Give me the bad news! You’ve kept me on pretty short rations; my life is a string too short to be saved. Oh! we’re all puffs of air. Oh! we’re all shadows in a campfire. Oh! we’re just spit in the wind. We make our pile, and then we leave it.

“LORD, let me know my end, And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.

“LORD, let me know my [life’s] end And [to appreciate] the extent of my days; Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!