Psalms 144:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 144:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 144:4 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 144:4 — KJV
“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
— Psalms 144:4 (KJV)
Psalms 144:4 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 144:4
“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity”
Shares key themes with Psalms 144:4: vanity, days, shadow
“Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. of Bether: or, of division”
Shares key themes with Psalms 144:4: like, shadow, away
“Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 144:4: like, passeth, away
“But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. of old: or, from the days that she hath been look back: or, cause them to turn”
Shares key themes with Psalms 144:4: like, days, away
“When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away”
Shares key themes with Psalms 144:4: like, vanity, away
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