'Days' in the Bible

Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the LordAnd to meditate in His temple.

Who is the man who desires lifeAnd loves many days, that he may see good?

The Lord knows the days of the blameless,And their inheritance will continue forever.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,And in the days of famine they will have plenty and be satisfied.

“Lord, let me know my [life’s] endAnd [to appreciate] the extent of my days;Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

“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.

We have heard with our ears, O God,Our fathers have told usThe work You did in their days,In the days of old.

Walk about Zion, go all around her;Count her towers,

Why should I fear in the days of evil,When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

You will prolong the king’s life [adding days upon days];His years will be like many generations.

In his days may the righteous flourish,And peace abound until the moon is no more.

I have considered the ancient days,The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.

Therefore He consumed their days like a breath [in emptiness and futility]And their years in sudden terror.

“His descendants I will establish forever,And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.

You have shortened the days of his youth;You have covered him with shame. Selah.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

The days of our life are seventy years—Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,For it is soon gone and we fly away.

So teach us to number our days,That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom.

O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Make us glad in proportion to the days You have afflicted us,And the years we have suffered evil.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

For my days have vanished in smoke,And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];And as for me, I wither away like grass.

He has exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way;He has shortened my days.

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

As for man, his days are like grass;Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Let his days be few;And let another take his office.

How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

May the Lord bless you from Zion [His holy mountain],And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life;

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in Your book were all writtenThe days that were appointed for me,When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

I remember the days of old;I meditate on all that You have done;I ponder the work of Your hands.

Man is like a mere breath;His days are like a shadow that passes away.