Psalms 89:47
Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!
Noyes 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! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?
48What man liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld?
Cross References
Job 7:7O remember that my life is a breath; That mine eye shall no more see good!
Job 10:9O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [[Pause.]]
Psalms 119:84How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
James 4:14(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)
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 →