Psalm 39:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

“Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my living abroad are 130; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their living abroad.”

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai said to the king, “How long do I still have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Job 7:6

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And they come to an end without hope.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 39:11

“With rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Certainly all mankind is mere breath! Selah

Psalm 62:9

¶People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.

Psalm 89:47

Remember what my lifespan is; For what futility You have created all the sons of mankind!

Psalm 90:12

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

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher, “Futility of futilities! All is futility.”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.

2 Peter 3:8

But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.