Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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You have made my days(A) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(B)
    even those who seem secure.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.

13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”(A)

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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

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We are hard pressed on every side,(A) but not crushed; perplexed,(B) but not in despair;

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Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

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persecuted,(A) but not abandoned;(B) struck down, but not destroyed.(C)

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