Psalm 39:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. Selah.

King James Bible
Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.

Hebrew
You, indeed,
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

have made
נָ֘תַ֤תָּה (nā·ṯat·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

my days
יָמַ֗י (yā·may)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3117: A day

[as] handbreadths,
טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ (ṭə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2947: A spread of the hand, a palm-breadth, a corbel

and my lifetime
וְחֶלְדִּ֣י (wə·ḥel·dî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2465: Life, the world

as nothing
כְאַ֣יִן (ḵə·’a·yin)
Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

before You.
נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ (neḡ·de·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

Truly
אַ֥ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

each
כָּֽל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

man
אָ֝דָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

at his best
נִצָּ֥ב (niṣ·ṣāḇ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand

exists as but a breath.
הֶ֥בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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