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


In Context

1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.

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

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

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 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 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.