Psalms 144:4
Generation after generation shall praise thy works, 1 And tell of thy power. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
In Context
3The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; 1 And there is no end of his greatness. 1
5And they shall speak of the glorious majesty of thy holiness, 1 And recount thy wonders. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.
Job 4:19But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, 1 Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, 1 He smites them like a moth. 1
Job 14:1For a mortal born of a woman is short-lived, and full of wrath. 1
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, 1 And who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 1
Psalms 39:11I have not hidden thy truth within my heart, 1 And I have declared thy salvation; 1 I have not hidden thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. 1
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 →