Psalm 39:5

Easy To Read Version

Lord, you gave me only a short life. {\cf2\super [236]} \par My short life is nothing,\par compared to you.\par Every person’s life is only like a cloud\par \{that quickly disappears\}.\par No person lives forever! {\cf2\super [237]} \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [238]})\i0 \par

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai said to the king, “Do you know how old I am? Do you think I can go with you to Jerusalem?

Job 7:6

“My days go by faster\par than a weaver’s shuttle. {\cf2\super [13]} \par And my life ends without hope.\par

Psalm 144:4

A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par

Psalm 39:11

Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par

Psalm 62:9

People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is:\par You created us to live a short life,\par and then die.\par

Psalm 90:12

Teach us how short our lives really are,\par so we can become really wise.\par

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [1]}

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at all the things I had done. I thought about all the hard work I did. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [8]} There is nothing to gain from all the things we do in this life.

Isaiah 40:17

Compared to God,\par all the nations of the world are nothing.\par Compared to God,\par all the nations are worth nothing at all.\par

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

2 Peter 3:8

But don’t forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.