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


In Context

1 I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence."

2 But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.

3 My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

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

5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah

6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.

Psalms 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:4I 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.

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.