Psalm 89:47
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Job 7:7
“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.
Job 10:9
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?
Job 14:1
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
Job 9:25-26
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Psalm 39:5-6
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 119:84
How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
James 4:14
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Wherefore
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Wherefore
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
General references
Considering these [tragedies], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not help us]?
Will You keep silent and humiliate and oppress us beyond measure?