Psalm 144:4 - Easy To Read Version A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Man is like vanity and a breath; his days are as a shadow that passes away. American Standard Version (1901) Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away. Common English Bible Humans are like a puff of air; their days go by like a shadow. Catholic Public Domain Version Generation after generation will praise your works, and they will declare your power. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. |
We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!
We are only strangers traveling through\par this world like our ancestors. {\cf2\super [323]} \par Our time on earth is like a passing shadow.\par And we can’t stop it.\par
So surely people are worse!\par People live in houses of clay. {\cf2\super [11]} \par The foundations of these houses of clay\par are in the dirt.\par They are crushed to death\par more easily than a moth!\par
It seems like we were born yesterday.\par We are too young to know for sure.\par Our days on earth are very short,\par like a shadow.\par
My life is almost finished,\par like the long shadows\par at the end of the day.\par I am like dry and dying grass.\par
I feel like my life is over,\par like long shadows at the end of a day.\par I feel like a bug someone brushed away.\par
Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par
People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par
Remember how short my life is:\par You created us to live a short life,\par and then die.\par
I looked at all the things done on earth, and I saw that it is all a waste of time. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [6]}
Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [1]}
Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [47]}
Evil people don’t respect God, so those people won’t really get good things. Those evil people won’t live long lives. Their lives won’t be like the shadows that become longer and longer \{as the sun goes down\}.