Psalms

Psalm 39:4–5

⁴“Show me, O LORD, my end

and the measure of my days.

Let me know how fleeting my life is.

⁵You, 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

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Show me	הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי	hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H3045 know
O LORD	יְהוָ֨ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
my end	קִצִּ֗י	qiṣ·ṣî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7093 end
and the measure	וּמִדַּ֣ת	ū·mid·daṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4060 measure, measurement, stature, size, garment
of my days	יָמַ֣י	yā·may	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3117 day
Let me know	אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה	’ê·ḏə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3045 know
how	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
fleeting	חָדֵ֥ל	ḥā·ḏêl	Adjective - masculine singular	H2310 forbearing, lacking
my life is	אָֽנִי׃	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You	הִנֵּ֤ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
indeed	הִנֵּ֤ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
have made	נָ֘תַ֤תָּה	nā·ṯat·tāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
my days	יָמַ֗י	yā·may	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3117 day
handbreadths	טְפָח֨וֹת׀	ṭə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2947 a span, hand-breadth
and my lifetime	וְחֶלְדִּ֣י	wə·ḥel·dî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H2465 duration, world
as nothing	כְאַ֣יִן	ḵə·’a·yin	Preposition-k; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
before You	נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ	neḡ·de·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
Truly	אַ֥ךְ	’aḵ	Adverb	H389 surely
each	כָּֽל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
man	אָ֝דָ֗ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
at his best	נִצָּ֥ב	niṣ·ṣāḇ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
exists as but a breath	הֶ֥בֶל	he·ḇel	Noun - masculine singular	H1892 vapour, breath
Selah	סֶֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 39:4 Psalm 90:12 · Psalm 103:14 · Psalm 119:84 · Job 14:13

Psalm 39:5 Psalm 144:4 · Psalm 89:47 · Psalm 90:9–10 · Psalm 62:9 · Ecclesiastes 2:11 · Psalm 39:11 · Job 14:1–2 · James 4:14 · Psalm 90:4–5 · Job 9:25–26 · Job 7:6 · Genesis 47:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.