Psalms 89:47
(89:48) Remember [what] I am, what my duration is [here], for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
In Context
46(89:47) How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?
Cross References
Job 7:7Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life; that my eye will not again see happiness;
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?
Psalms 39:5(39:6) Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah.
Psalms 119:84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors?
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 →