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Psalm 39:6

World English Bible

“Surely every man walks like a shadow.
Surely they busy themselves in vain.
He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

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Psalm 39:6 in other translations

Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Psalm 39:6 · American Standard Version

Psalm 39:6 in context

  1. 4“Yahweh, show me my end,
    what is the measure of my days.
    Let me know how frail I am.
  2. 5Behold, you have made my days hand widths.
    My lifetime is as nothing before you.
    Surely every man stands as a breath.”
  3. 6“Surely every man walks like a shadow.
    Surely they busy themselves in vain.
    He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
  4. 7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
    My hope is in you.
  5. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.