Psalms 144:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 144

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⁴Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Psalms 144:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Psalms 39:5-6
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. …
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Topics

Dead (people)Death Dying Fasting Gentleness Humiliation and Self-Affliction Humility Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

Here, I. David acknowledges his dependence upon God and his obligations to him, Ps. 144:1, 2. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy; and when we are waiting upon God to bless us we should stir up ourselves to bless him. He gives to God the glory of two things:— 1. What he was to him: Blessed be the Lord my rock (Ps. 144:1), my goodness, my fortress, Ps. 144…