Psalm 89:47 {88:48}
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Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

remember

Psalm 39:5,6 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living. . . .

Psalm 119:84 How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Job 7:7 Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.

Job 9:25,26 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. . . .

Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust

wherefore

Psalm 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow.

Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

James 4:14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
46How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire? 47Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?48Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?…
Cross References
Job 7:7
Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.

Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust

Job 14:1
Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Psalm 39:5
Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Psalm 62:9
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11
And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

Lexicon
Remember
זְכָר־ (zə·ḵār-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

how
מֶה־ (meh-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

short
חָ֑לֶד (ḥā·leḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2465: Life, the world

is my lifespan.
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

For
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

what
מַה־ (ma·hō·šā-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

futility
שָּׁ֝֗וְא (w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

You have created
בָּרָ֥אתָ (bā·rā·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

men!
אָדָֽם׃ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being


Additional Translations
Remember how short is my lifespan. For what futility You have created all men!Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?

Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?

Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?

Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
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