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Psalms 39:5 · BSB
39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
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…more breath or one more heartbeat than what God gives you. Every single one of them is measured, and that's where the psalmist acknowledges here inPsalm 39, verse 5, that God has made his days a mere hand breath. And that really gives some perspective. I know for me, as I've gotten older, this funny thing that…
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…us. Every breath. I think of the psalmist, there's really no better way to put it of what James is saying here than what the psalmist says inPsalms 39, verses 4 through 5. Listen to the word of God. It says, O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the measure of my days? Let me know how fleeting I am. A vapor, a…
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…ulcers, right, destroy your health, and maybe help your hair turn a little bit gray faster. The psalmist, I think, puts it all in perspective inPsalm 39, verse 5. It says, indeed, you have made my days as a handbreadth. Like, my life is like this long. And my age is as nothing before you. Certainly every man…
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…take it back to the very literal definition of Heve. Very literally, that word means breath or vapor or mist. If you will, listen to this fromPsalm 39 verse 5. Behold, you have made my days a few hand breaths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath, as a mere…
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…So we can't really predict it. And then time can't be extended. That's the third limitation. There's a time that you have listened to the psalmist,Psalm 39, verse 5. Behold, you have made my days, a few hand breaths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath, and…
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…giving us different images and analog, the metaphors for how to think about life. In Job 7, verse 7, we read, remember that my life is a breath.Psalm 39 verse 5be hold you have made my days a few hand breaths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you, surely all mankind stands as a mere breath. Psalm 01:02…
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…giving us different images and analog, the metaphors for how to think about life. In Job 7, verse 7, we read, remember that my life is a breath.Psalm 39 verse 5be hold you have made my days a few hand breaths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you, surely all mankind stands as a mere breath. Psalm 01:02…
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…that he cannot pass. You cannot add an extra minute to your life. Neither can you take away a minute from the time that has been appointed to you.Psalm 39, verse 5, Behold, you have made my days a few hand breaths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath. My…
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…a little time and then vanishes. You know, over and over the Bible reminds us of how short and unpredictable our lives on earth are. In the Psalms,Psalm 39, verse 5and 6, Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath. Surely a man goes about as a shadow. Surely as a breath they are in turmoil. Or in the book of…
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