Psalm 39:5

New Living Translation

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”

2 Samuel 19:34

“No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.

Job 7:6

“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.

Psalm 144:4

For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 39:11

When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude

Psalm 62:9

Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.

Isaiah 40:17

The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth.

James 4:14

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

2 Peter 3:8

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.