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Psalms 39:4
4‘Lord, tell me about my life. Tell me how long it will be, and when it will finish. I need to remember that life is only short.
Psalms 39:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
- New International Version (NIV)“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Lord, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.
Context of Psalms 39:4
2So I did not speak a word, even about good things. That made me very upset. 3It was like a fire inside me! As I thought more about it, I just had to say something! So I said this: ‘Lord, tell me about my life. Tell me how long it will be, and when it will finish. I need to remember that life is only short. 5Yes, you have made the days of my life only a few! The time that I live seems very short to you. Human life is only a breath, even for those who seem to be strong. Selah. 6As we live, we are just like shadows. We work to get things for ourselves. We may get a lot of money, but we do not know who will have it after we die.’
Read all of Psalms 39Psalms 39:4 word by word
הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה׀ קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה־הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה־חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 39:4
- Psalms 90:12Teach us to count carefully the days of our short lives. Then we will be wise in how we live.
- Psalms 119:84As your servant, help me to be patient. Please punish the people who want to hurt me. Please do it soon.
- Job 14:13Please hide me in the place where dead people go! Hide me there until you are no longer angry. Decide how long I must be there, and then remember me again!
Commentaries on Psalms 39:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Lord, make me to know mine end - I am weary of life; I wish to know the measure of my days, that I may see how long I have to suffer, and how frail I am. I wish to know what is wanting to make up the number of the days I have to live.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Lord, make me to know mine end - This expresses evidently the substance of those anxious and troubled thoughts Psalm 39:1-2 to which he had been unwilling to give utterance. His thoughts turned on the shortness of life; on the mystery of the divine arrangement by which it had been made so short; and on the fact that so many troubles and sorrows had been crowded into a life so frail and so soon to terminate. With some impatience, and with a consciousness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5how fleeting my life is: This perspective comes out of suffering (see Psalms 78:39; 89:47–48; 90:3–10). The human lifetime is but a moment to God (Psalm 90:4), as temporary as a breath (see Psalms 39:11; 144:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. Some take these words as those of fretting, but they are not essentially such. The tinge of discontent arises from the character of his suppressed emotions. But, addressing God, they are softened and subdued. make me to know mine end--experimentally appreciate. how frail I am--literally, "when I shall cease."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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