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Psalms 39:4

Death and lossWisdomPrayer

2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

3 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

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BSB
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
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.
WEB
“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
ASV
Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.
DARBY
Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.
BLB
“Cause me to know, O YHWH, my end, and the measure of my days—what [is] it?—[That] I may know how fleeting I [am].
ÅB
«Herre, la meg kjenne enden min
og hva målet for dagene mine er!
La meg få vite hvor forgjengelig jeg er!
OTB
«Herre, hjelp meg å forstå min ende,
Og målet for mine dager;
La meg innse hvor forgjengelig jeg er.
B1930
La mig vite, Herre, min ende, og mine dagers mål, hvad det er! La mig få vite hvad tid jeg skal bort!

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