Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 144:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.”
Psalms 144:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and {he} in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. {My goodness: or, My mercy}
LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
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