Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Cross References James 4:14You 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 8:9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow. 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 39:5 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 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 102:11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass. Psalm 109:23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. Ecclesiastes 1:2 "Futility of futilities," says the Teacher, "futility of futilities! Everything is futile!" Isaiah 2:22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he? Chapter Outline 1. David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man5. He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies 9. He promises to praise God 11. He prays for the happy state of the kingdom Jump to Previous Breath Fleeting Life Mere Passes Passeth Passing Quickly Shade Shadow VanityJump to Next Breath Fleeting Life Mere Passes Passeth Passing Quickly Shade Shadow Vanity |
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