Psalms 39:4-5

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 39

2 songs meet this passage

Leave Out All The Rest · LINKIN PARK
resonates with Psalms 39:4-5
The song's fear of mortality and legacy mirrors the psalmist's plea to know the brevity and fragility of life.
“I don't wanna die for them to miss me”
God's Plan · Drake
resonates with Psalms 39:4-5
A fleeting awareness of mortality surfaces here, echoing the psalmist's reflection on life's brevity, though it isn't developed further.

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