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Psalms 39:5 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Psalms 39:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 39 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. at: Heb. settled”
Psalms 39:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 39:5
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. This verse expands David's meditation on mortality, employing vivid metaphors to illustrate human life's brevity. The verse moves from personal (my days) to universal (every man), demonstrating that human frailty isn't David's unique problem but the human condition.'As an handbreadth' (ketephachot, כְּטְפָחוֹת) compares life to the width of a palm—approximately four inches, the smallest unit of measurement in ancient Israel. David isn't compl...
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Cross-References for Psalms 39:5
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“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”
“and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.”
“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.”
“and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold”
“You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath. Selah.,When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah., בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה׃ ,With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, And like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; Surely every man is vanity. Selah,38:12 ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ ἀνομίας ἐπαίδευσας ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐξέτηξας ὡς ἀράχνην τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλὴν μάτην ταράσσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος διάψαλμα,38:11 Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.,,,,”
“that appears for a little time”
“like a watch in the night.”
“The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”