Bible verse
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Psalm 89:47 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 89.
43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
KJV
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
ASV
Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
ERV
O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
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