Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 thou regardest him! or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him!
5Bow thine heauens, O Lord, and come downe: touch the mountaines and they shall smoke.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we must needes dye, and we are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered vp againe: neither doeth God spare any person, yet doeth he appoynt meanes, not to cast out from him, him that is expelled.
Job 4:19Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
Job 14:1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
Psalms 39:5Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine 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 →