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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM 39, VERSE 5, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE
First Line: Thou, by a span measur'st these days of mine
Last Line: His best estate is altogether vain.
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Thou, by a span measur'st these days of mine
Last Line: His best estate is altogether vain.
Subject(s): Time
Thou by a span measur'st these days of mine,
Eternity's the spacious bound of thine:
Who shall compare his little span with thee,
With thine Incomprehensibility.
Man born to trouble leaves this world with pain,
His best estate is altogether vain.
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