Psalm 39:5

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⁵You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah^(A)

Psalm 39:6

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⁶ Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.^(A)

⁹Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.^(A)

⁴They are like a breath;
their days are like a passing shadow.^(A)

⁸Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.

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