Psalms 89:47
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
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Compare
- 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!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Read in contextJob 7:7
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Read in contextJob 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Read in contextJob 9:25–26
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Read in contextJames 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Read in contextPsalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Read in contextPsalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
Read in contextPsalms 39:5–6
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.
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