“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”

Psalms 39:6 (KJV) |

Psalms 39:6

From Psalms 39, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).

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4

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

5

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

8

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

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