Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
In Context
46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
Cross References
Job 7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.
Job 10:9Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
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 119:84How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
James 4:14Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes 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 →