5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but avapor. Selah
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but avapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they1 busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
Surely they1 busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
| << Psalms 39:4 | Psalms 39:6 >> |
What Does Psalms 39:5 Mean?
Psalm 39:5
God inspired His servant David to announce that, in his very best state, man is vanity. Not quality, not excellence—vanity! Although God made man "very good" (Genesis 1:31), He purposely made him temporary and incomplete (II Corinthians 4:18; II Timothy 3:17; James 1:4).
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God's Quality Way of Life
Related Topics: God's Permanence; Man's Impermanence
| God's Quality Way of Life
| Man's Impermanence
| Man's Incompleteness
| Man's Temporariness
| Vanity
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