New King James Version
Psalms 89:47
47Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?
Psalms 89:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
- New International Version (NIV)Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
Context of Psalms 89:47
45The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah 46How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men? 48What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah 49Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth?
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:47 word by word
זְכָר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:47
- Psalms 39:5Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
- Psalms 119:84How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
- Job 7:7Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.
- Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
- Job 10:9Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?
- Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
- Job 14:1“Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.
- James 4:14whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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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