Psalms 39:4

Psalms chapter 39 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

Context

v.3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

v.4This passage

v.5Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
Job 14:13
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!