Bible verse

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 144:4 · BSB

Psalm 144:4 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 144.

1 Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?

4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

5 Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

6 Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.

7 Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

8 whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

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Psalm 144:4 in other translations

KJV

Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

ASV

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

ERV

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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