Psalm 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.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 39Meaning
Human days are like a handbreadth and life is vapor-like before God; brevity humbles pride without denying the real value of embodied life.
Teach me life’s brevity
Verses 4–6 ask God to teach the shortness of life and expose the instability of status, busyness, and accumulation.
Read carefully
Human days are like a handbreadth and life is vapor-like before God; brevity humbles pride without denying the real value of embodied life.
Reflection
Human days are like a handbreadth and life is vapor-like before God; brevity humbles pride without denying the real value of embodied life.