Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 89:47 in other translations
| BSB | Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! |
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| WEB | Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men! |
| ASV | Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! |
| YLT | Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men? |
| DARBY | Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity? |
| BBE | See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose? |
| Webster | Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain? |
What does Psalms 89:47 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:38-52
38-52. 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).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 89:38-52
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…
Psalms 89:47 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 89:47
- Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Job 7:7
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
- Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- Job 9:25-26
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
- James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
- Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
- Psalms 39:5-6
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Context
- Psalms 89:46
How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
- Psalms 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Psalms 89:47 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Acuérdate de cuán corto sea mi tiempo: ¿por qué habrás criado en vano á todos los hijos del hombre? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jusques à quand, ô Éternel, te cacheras-tu à toujours, et ta fureur brûlera-t-elle comme un feu? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gedenke, was meine Lebensdauer ist, zu welcher Nichtigkeit du alle Menschenkinder erschaffen hast! |