Psalms 39:5
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths,
What it says
God has made his days as handbreadths, and all mankind is vanity before him.
What it is doing
This verse compresses human life into an image of startling brevity.
In context
1For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 2I was speechless and still; 3My heart grew hot within me; 4“Show me, O LORD, my end 5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, 6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; 7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; 9I have become mute; 10Remove Your scourge from me; 11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, 12Hear my prayer, O LORD, 13Turn Your gaze away from me,