Psalms 144:4
Man to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
In Context
3Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?
5Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14for we do surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.
Job 4:19Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
Job 14:1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
Psalms 39:5Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. Selah.
Psalms 39:11With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons 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 →