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Psalms 89:47

Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?.... Every living man must die; as sure as a man lives, so sure he shall die: be he strong and mighty, as the word signifies, or weak and sickly; be…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Remember how short my time is - The word rendered “time” - חלד cheled - means duration; lifetime. Psa 39:5. Then it means life; time; age; the world. Literally, here, “Remember; I; what duration.” The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 89:38-52

In these verses we have,

I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. "Thou…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Literally, if the text is right, O remember what a fleeting life I am! but it is possible that the letters of the word chçledhave been accidentally transposed and that we should read châdçl, as in Psa…

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