Psalms 39:5 · WEB
“Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.”
— Psalms 39:5
Speaker
David
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
psalm
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