Psa 39:4-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ps 39:4-6: 39:4-6 Because of his suffering and sin, the psalmist concludes that life is meaningless and fleeting (see Job 7:7-10 ; Isa 40:6-8 ). He had expected a wicked life to have those qualities (see Pss 37:2 , 20 ; 103:15-16 ), but now whether a person is godly or not seems to be irrelevant. Summary for Ps 39:4-5: 39:4-5 how fleeting my life is: This perspective comes out of suffering (see 78:39 ; 89:47-48 ; 90:3-10 ). The human lifetime is but a moment to God (90:4 ), as temporary as a breath (see 39:11 ; 144:4 ).

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‏ Psalms 39:4-6

Summary for Ps 39:4-6: 39:4-6 ^a Because of his suffering and sin, the psalmist concludes that life is meaningless and fleeting (see Job 7:7-10 ^b; Isa 40:6-8 ^c). He had expected a wicked life to have those qualities (see Pss 37:2 ^d, 20 ^e; 103:15-16 ^f), but now whether a person is godly or not seems to be irrelevant.
Summary for Ps 39:4-5: 39:4-5 ^g how fleeting my life is: This perspective comes out of suffering (see 78:39 ^h; 89:47-48 ⁱ; 90:3-10 ^j). The human lifetime is but a moment to God (90:4 ^k), as temporary as a breath (see 39:11 ^l; 144:4 ^m).