David prays, "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!" (Psalm 39:4). Why does David pray for such an awareness of his mortality? So that he will not pursue the fleeting vanities of life, but hope in God (Psalm 39:6-7).
To sing Psalm 39 we wrote an original paraphrase to fit Robert Lowry's hymn melody "Here Is Love" (1876).
This recording features Naomi Stamoolis on vocals, Joel Stamoolis on double bass, Sean Tracy on guitar, Maggie Chapman on flute, Tanya Galloway on piano, and Igor Galloway on drums.
Psalm 39
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