Psalms 89:47
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 89
“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”Psalms 89:47
What Does Psalms 89:47 Mean?
Psalms 89:47 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 89, verse 47 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Psalms 89:47 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 4:14“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”Psalms 39:5“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”Psalms 103:14“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”Job 14:1“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.”Job 7:7“O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.”Job 10:9“Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?”Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.”Psalms 119:84“How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?”Psalms 144:4“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”Ecclesiastes 1:4“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”Ecclesiastes 3:19“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.”Genesis 47:9“And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”2 Kings 20:3“I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.”Ecclesiastes 2:17“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 6:12“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?”Isaiah 63:11“Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?”Lamentations 3:19“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.”
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