Psalm 39:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You gave me only a short life. Compared to you, my whole life is nothing. The life of every human is like a cloud that quickly disappears. Selah

Cross References

Psalm 144:4

Our life is like a puff of air. It is like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:47

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

Psalm 62:9

People cannot really help. You cannot depend on them. Compared to God, they are nothing— no more than a gentle puff of air!

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at everything I had done and the wealth I had gained. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do in this life.

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.

Psalm 39:11

You punish people for doing wrong to teach them the right way to live. As a moth destroys cloth, you destroy what people love. Yes, our lives are like a small cloud that quickly disappears. Selah

Job 7:6

“My days pass by faster than a weaver’s shuttle, and my life will end without hope.

Isaiah 40:17

Compared to God, all the nations of the world are nothing. Compared to him, they are worth nothing at all.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time!

Genesis 47:9

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

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.

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?

Psalm 90:12

Teach us how short our lives are so that we can become wise.