Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore have you made all men in vain?
Updated King James Version
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 for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?
Cross References
Job 7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Job 10:9Remember, I plead to you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?
Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 119:84How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
James 4:14Whereas all of you know not what shall be on the next day. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, 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 →