Psalms 39:4
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
‖ LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: that I may know how fraile I am.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, what time I haue here.
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13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
13O that thou wouldest hide mee in the graue, that thou wouldest keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath bee past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me.
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Psalms 39:4
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A standard or instrument for determining amount or size; an amount so determined. Sense 2: To determine, allot, or proportion.
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Mortal and short-lived.
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3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
3My heart was hot within mee, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue.
4Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
4‖ LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: that I may know how fraile I am.
Selected passage5Behold, 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.
5†*Behold, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily euery man at his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.