Psalms 39:4-7

“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 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

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

4 songs meet this passage

That's the Way · Jo Dee Messina
strains against Psalms 39:4-7
The psalmist also wrestles with life's fleeting unpredictability but turns his hope to the Lord, a resolution this song never makes.
Leave Out All The Rest · LINKIN PARK
resonates with Psalms 39:4-5
The psalmist asks God to show him the brevity of his days, the same anxious self-reckoning this line voices, though here it's asked of no one in particular.
Never Forget You · Mariah Carey
resonates with Psalms 39:4-5
The song's whole posture, an aching awareness of time's shortness and love unexpressed, resembles the psalmist's plea to understand how fleeting life truly is.
“My only hope to survive if I wish to stay alive”
How Do U Want It (feat. K-Ci & JoJo) · 2Pac
strains against Psalms 39:4-5
Pac names mortality and fragility honestly, but where the psalmist turns that awareness toward God, the song turns it toward getting high and numbing the fear.