Psalms 144:3
LORD, what is man, that thou take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou make account of him?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Man is like vanity. His days are as a shadow that passes away.
Cross References
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalms 8:5For thou have made him but little lower than [heavenly] agents, and crowned him with glory and honor.
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:2-9
Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. 1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 Lord , what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord , and… Read the whole commentary →