Psalm 39:6-11
The Message
4-6 “Tell me, what’s going on, God?
How long do I have to live?
Give me the bad news!
You’ve kept me on pretty short rations;
my life is a string too short to be saved.
Oh! we’re all puffs of air.
Oh! we’re all shadows in a campfire.
Oh! we’re just spit in the wind.
We make our pile, and then we leave it.
7-11 “What am I doing in the meantime, Lord?
Hoping, that’s what I’m doing—hoping
You’ll save me from a rebel life,
save me from the contempt of idiots.
I’ll say no more, I’ll shut my mouth,
since you, Lord, are behind all this.
But I can’t take it much longer.
When you put us through the fire
to purge us from our sin,
our dearest idols go up in smoke.
Are we also nothing but smoke?
Psalm 39:6-11
New International Version
6 “Surely everyone goes around(A) like a mere phantom;(B)
in vain they rush about,(C) heaping up wealth(D)
without knowing whose it will finally be.(E)
7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.(F)
8 Save me(G) from all my transgressions;(H)
do not make me the scorn(I) of fools.
9 I was silent;(J) I would not open my mouth,(K)
for you are the one who has done this.(L)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow(M) of your hand.(N)
11 When you rebuke(O) and discipline(P) anyone for their sin,
you consume(Q) their wealth like a moth(R)—
surely everyone is but a breath.(S)
Psalm 39:6-11
The Message
4-6 “Tell me, what’s going on, God?
How long do I have to live?
Give me the bad news!
You’ve kept me on pretty short rations;
my life is a string too short to be saved.
Oh! we’re all puffs of air.
Oh! we’re all shadows in a campfire.
Oh! we’re just spit in the wind.
We make our pile, and then we leave it.
7-11 “What am I doing in the meantime, Lord?
Hoping, that’s what I’m doing—hoping
You’ll save me from a rebel life,
save me from the contempt of idiots.
I’ll say no more, I’ll shut my mouth,
since you, Lord, are behind all this.
But I can’t take it much longer.
When you put us through the fire
to purge us from our sin,
our dearest idols go up in smoke.
Are we also nothing but smoke?
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