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Psalm 89:47

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89:47Take note of my brief lifespan!77

Why do you make all people so mortal?78

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Footnotes

  1. 77 Heb “remember me, what is [my] lifespan.” The Hebrew term חֶלֶד (kheled) is also used of one’s lifespan in Ps 39:5. Because the Hebrew text is so awkward here, some prefer to emend it to read מֶה חָדֵל אָנִי (meh khadel ’aniy, “[remember] how transient [that is, “short-lived”] I am”; see Ps 39:4).
  2. 78 Heb “For what emptiness do you create all the sons of mankind?” In this context the term שָׁוְא (shavah) refers to mankind’s mortal nature and the brevity of life (see vv. 45, 48).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Remember how short my time is!

For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Remember how fleeting is my life.

For what futility you have created all humanity!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Remember how short my life is.

Have you created everyone for nothing?

NLTNew Living Translation

Remember how short my life is,

how empty and futile this human existence!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Remember what my lifespan is.

Remember for what vanity

you have created all the children of humankind.

KJV 1900King James Version

Remember how short my time is:

Wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?