“Behold, You have made (A)my days as handbreadths,
And my (B)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man [a]at his best is [b]a mere (C)breath. [c]Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:5 Lit standing firm
  2. Psalm 39:5 Or altogether vanity
  3. Psalm 39:5 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

Men of (A)low degree are only (B)vanity and men of rank are a (C)lie;
In the (D)balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

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[a](A)Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
[b]Vanity of vanities! All is [c]vanity.”

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Futility of futilities
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Futility of futilities
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or futile

11 Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had [a]exerted, and behold all was [b](A)vanity and striving after wind and there was (B)no profit under the sun.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Or futility, and so throughout the ch