Psalms 89:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!”
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“Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Remember, I pray Thee, what <FI>is<Fi> life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 89:47 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
- Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
- Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 119:84How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
- Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- James 4:14You 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.
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