Psalms 39:5 meaning and explanation
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
Psalms 39:5, Berean Standard Bible
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David is praying to God, and here he answers his own request to know how fleeting his life is. God has made human days as handbreadths, the small width of a palm, one of the shortest units of measure.
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