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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.

KJV

Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου ᾆσμα καινόν, ὕμνον τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν· ὄψονται πολλοὶ καὶ φοβηθήσονται, καὶ ἐλπιοῦσιν ἐπὶ Κύριον.

LXX

Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

ASV

חַם לִבִּ֨/י בְּ/קִרְבִּ֗/י בַּ/הֲגִיגִ֥/י תִבְעַר אֵ֑שׁ דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּ/לְשֽׁוֹנִ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
בִֽעַרְתָּ֥
b'rt
verb · 91×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
חַ֖ם
chm
verb · 13×
י
y
pronoun · 2×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
ם
m
noun · 116×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
  • Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
  • Job 14:5 — Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
  • Job 14:13 — O 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!
  • Ps 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
  • Ps 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
  • Ps 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
  • Ps 119:84 — How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
  • Ps 119:84 — How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?