4I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me.


In Context

1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

2 I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed.

3 My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.

4 I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me.

5 Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.

6 Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

Psalm 39:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

39:4"Show me, O Lord , my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:4|Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:4Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it is,' I know how frail I am.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.