Psalms 144:4
Man is like a breath; 1 his days are like a passing shadow. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
In Context
3Yahweh, what is man that you take notice of him 1 or the son of man that you think about him? 1
5Cause the sky to sink and come down, Yahweh; 1 touch the mountains and make them smoke. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we all must die, and we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life; instead, he finds a way for those who were driven away to be restored.
Job 4:19how much more is this true of those who live in houses of clay, 1 whose foundation is in the dust, 1 who are crushed sooner than a moth? 1
Job 14:1Man, who is born of woman, 1 lives only a few days and is full of trouble. 1
Psalms 39:5See, you have made my days only the width of my hand, 1 and my lifetime is like nothing before you. 1 Surely every man is a single breath. Selah 1
Psalms 39:11When you discipline people for sin, 1 you consume the things they desire like a moth; 1 surely all people are nothing but vapor. Selah 1
Psalms 89:47Oh, think about how short my time is, 1 and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind! 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 →