Psalms 144:4
Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
In Context
3LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
Job 4:19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
Job 14:1“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
Psalms 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
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 →