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Psalms 89:47
47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
Psalms 89:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
Context of Psalms 89:47
45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. 46How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity! 48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? 49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:47 word by word
זְכָר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:47
- Psalms 39:5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
- Psalms 119:84How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
- Job 7:7Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.
- Job 9:25“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
- Job 10:9Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
- Psalms 144:4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
- Job 14:1“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
- James 4:14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47How short my time is - If thou deliver not speedily, none of the present generations shall see thy salvation. Are all the remnants of our tribes created in vain? shall they never see happiness?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Remember how short my time is - The word rendered “time” - חלד cheled - means duration; lifetime. Psalm 39:5. Then it means life; time; age; the world. Literally, here, “Remember; I; what duration.” The meaning is plain. Bear in remembrance that my time must soon come to an end. Life is brief. In a short period the time will come for me to die; and if these promises are fulfilled to me, it must be done soon. Remember that these troubles and sorrows cannot…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-52Verses 38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God seemed to have cast him off, yet did not make void his covenant, for that was established for ever. The honour of the house of David was lost. Thrones and crowns are often laid in the dust; but there is a crown of glory reserved for Christ's spiritual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46-47The psalmist wonders whether he will live long enough to see the Lord’s anger end. Human life is short and passes quickly before the Lord (Psalm 90:4, 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-5238-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor. cast off--and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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