Psalm 39:4 Parallel Translations

"Teach me, O LORD, about the end of my life. Teach me about the number of days I have left so that I may know how temporary my life is.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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

BBE:

Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

DBY:

Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.

ERV:

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

JPS:

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.

WBS:

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

WEB:

"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

YLT:

Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it is,' I know how frail I am.

Psalm 39:4 Cross References

XREF:

Job 6:11 "What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?

Psalm 78:39 Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 103:14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.

Psalm 119:84 How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

39:4 My end - Make me sensible of the shortness and uncertainly of life, and the near approach of death.

MHC:

39:1-6 If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness in the habit, is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in acts, is the hand upon the bridle. When not able to separate from wicked men, we should remember they will watch our words, and turn them, if they can, to our disadvantage. Sometimes it may be necessary to keep silence, even from good words; but in general we are wrong when backward to engage in edifying discourse. Impatience is a sin that has its cause within ourselves, and that is, musing; and its ill effects upon ourselves, and that is no less than burning. In our greatest health and prosperity, every man is altogether vanity, he cannot live long; he may die soon. This is an undoubted truth, but we are very unwilling to believe it. Therefore let us pray that God would enlighten our minds by his Holy Spirit, and fill our hearts with his grace, that we may be ready for death every day and hour.

CONC:

Cause Extent Feeble Fleeting Frail Life's Measure O Short-lived Transient

Cause End Extent Feeble Fleeting Frail Life Measure Short-Lived Show Transient

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