13 Bible Verses about Life, Brevity Of
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Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it is,' I know how frail I am.
for sojourners we are before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow are our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,
And David sweareth again, and saith, 'Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but -- as a step between me and death.'
Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
A voice is saying, 'Call,' And he said, 'What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:
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