Psalm 39:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ “Lord, let me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; That I may know how frail I am.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Lord, make me to know my end and [to appreciate] the measure of my days–what it is; let me know and realize how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

Common English Bible

⁴ “Let me know my end, LORD. How many days do I have left? I want to know how brief my time is.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.

Psalm 39:4 Cross References

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.

Psalm 103:14

For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 119:84

How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?

Job 14:13

O that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!