Psalms 89:47
Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
In Context
46Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
Cross References
Job 7:7Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
Job 10:9Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.
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 119:84How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
James 4:14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
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 →