Psalm 39:5

New Century Version

You have given me only a short life; my lifetime is like nothing to you. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai answered 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 than a weaver’s tool, and they come to an end without hope.

Psalm 144:4

People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.

Psalm 39:11

You correct and punish people for their sins; like a moth, you destroy what they love. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Psalm 62:9

The least of people are only a breath, and even the greatest are just a lie. On the scales, they weigh nothing; together they are only a breath.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?

Psalm 90:12

Teach us how short our lives really are so that we may be wise.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

The Teacher says, “Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at what I had done, and I thought about all the hard work. Suddenly I realized it was useless, like chasing the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do here on earth.

Isaiah 40:17

Compared to the Lord all the nations are worth nothing; to him they are less than nothing.

James 4:14

But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day.