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

“Man, who is born of a woman,
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]! Selah.

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

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

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Summary

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

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Bible References

Wherefore

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Job 14:1
“Man, who is born of a woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
James 4:14
Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

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Isaiah 64:12

Considering these [tragedies], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not help us]?
Will You keep silent and humiliate and oppress us beyond measure?