Psalms 89:47
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
In Context
46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Cross References
Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Psalms 119:84How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
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 →