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Psalms 89:47

Death and lossDiscouragement and depression

45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

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BSB
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
KJV
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
WEB
Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
ASV
Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
DARBY
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
BLB
Remember me—how [short] a lifetime; for what emptiness You created all the sons of men!
ÅB
Kom dog i hu hvor kort mitt liv er, hvor forgjengelige du har skapt alle menneskenes barn!
OTB
Husk hvor kortlivet jeg er;
For hvilken forgjengelighet du har skapt alle menneskenes barn!
B1930
Kom dog i hu hvor kort mitt liv er, hvor forgjengelige du har skapt alle menneskenes barn!

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