13 Bible Verses about Life, Brevity Of

"O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Taking an oath, David again said, "Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, 'Don't let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.' But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!"

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.