Psalm 144:4

4 Rén hǎoxiàng yīkǒu qì . tāde nián rì , rútóng yǐngér kuaì kuaì guō qù .

Psalm 144:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 144:4

Man is like to vanity
Is vanity itself, in every age, state, and condition; yea, in his best estate, ( Psalms 39:5 ) ; or, "to the breath" ^F8 of the mouth, as Kimchi; which is gone as soon as seen almost: or, to a vapour ^F9; to which the life of man is compared, ( James 4:14 ) ; his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away;
as the former denotes the frailty and mortality of man, this the shortness of his duration; his days fleeing away, and of no more continuance than the shadow cast by the sun, which presently declines and is gone.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (lbhl) "halitui", Muis; so Kimchi.
F9 "Vapori", Cocceius; so the Syriac and Arabic versions

Psalm 144:4 In-Context

2 Tā shì wǒ cíaì de zhǔ , wǒde shān zhaì , wǒde gāo tái , wǒde jiù zhǔ , wǒde dùnpái , shì wǒ suǒ tóukào de . tā shǐ wǒde bǎixìng fú zaì wǒ yǐxià .

3 Yēhéhuá a , rén suàn shénme , nǐ jìng rènshi tā . shìrén suàn shénme , nǐ jìng gùniàn tā .

4 Rén hǎoxiàng yīkǒu qì . tāde nián rì , rútóng yǐngér kuaì kuaì guō qù .

5 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ shǐ tiān xiàchuī , qīnzì jiànglín , mó shān , shān jiù mào yān .

6 Qiú nǐ fāchū shǎndiàn , shǐ tāmen sì sǎn , shè chū nǐde jiàn , shǐ tāmen rǎoluàn .