You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Cross References Matthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifespan? Luke 12:25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifespan? Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man! Job 14:2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Psalm 39:11 You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah Psalm 62:9 Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they are pushed up; together they are but a breath. Psalm 89:47 Remember how short is my lifespan. For what futility You have created all men! Psalm 90:4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. Psalm 102:23 He has broken my strength on the way; He has shortened my days. Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Ecclesiastes 1:2 "Futility of futilities," says the Teacher, "futility of futilities! Everything is futile!" Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun? Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'" Chapter Outline 1. David's care of his thoughts4. The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life 7. the reverence of God's judgments 10. and prayer, are his bridles of impatience Jump to Previous Age Altogether Best Breath Estate Few Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Hand's High Lifetime Measure Mere Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Vanity VerilyJump to Next Age Altogether Best Breath Estate Few Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Hand's High Lifetime Measure Mere Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Vanity Verily |
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