Psalms 89:47
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
In Context
46How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
48What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Cross References
Job 7:7Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 119:84How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
James 4:14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:39-52
Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43… Read the whole commentary →