Psalms Chapter 144 verse 4 Holy Bible
Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
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Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
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Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Man is like to vanity; or, "to a breath" (comp. Psalm 39:5; Psalm 62:9). His days are as a shadow that passeth away (see Psalm 102:11; Psalm 119:23). And yet God has regard to this weak creature of an hour.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Vanity . . . shadow.--See Psalm 39:5-6; Psalm 102:11. The occasion of the introduction of these sentiments here is not quite clear. It may be the humility of the warrior who ascribes all success to God instead of to human prowess, or it may be a reflection uttered over the corpses of comrades, or, perhaps, a blending of the two.