Psalms 39:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 90:12 : 12 So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.
  • Ps 119:84 : 84 How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?
  • Job 14:13 : 13 The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
  • Ps 103:14 : 14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

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