Psalm 89:47

Perplexity About God's Promises

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How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
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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!
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What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

Remember Me

Sons of Men

Children Of Men

Adam

No

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].