Bible Language Cross References for the verse Psalms 89:47 in ERVEN
- 1 "People have a hard struggle on earth. Their life is like that of a hired worker.
- 2 They are like a slave looking for cool shade or a hired worker waiting for payday.
- 3 Month after frustrating month has gone by. I have suffered night after night.
- 4 When I lie down, I think, 'How long before it's time to get up?' The night drags on. I toss and turn until the sun comes up.
- 5 My skin is covered with worms and scabs. It is cracked and covered with sores.
- 6 "My days pass by faster than a weaver's shuttle, and my life will end without hope.
- 7 God, remember, my life is like a breath. I will not get a second chance to enjoy it.
- 8 Those who see me now will never see me again. You watch me for a while, but then I am gone.
- 9 Just as clouds that come and go, people are put in the grave, never to rise again.
- 10 They don't come back to their old homes. The people there would not know them.
- 11 "So I will not be quiet! I will let my suffering spirit speak! I will let my bitter soul complain!
- 12 Am I one of your enemies? Is that why you put a guard over me?
- 13 My bed should bring me comfort. My couch should give me rest and relief.
- 14 But when I lie down, you scare me with dreams; you frighten me with visions.
- 15 So I would rather be choked to death than to live like this.
- 16 I hate my life�I give up. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone! My life means nothing.
- 17 God, why are people so important to you? Why do you even notice them?
- 18 Why do you visit them every morning and test them at every moment?
- 19 You never look away from me or leave me alone for a second.
- 20 You are always watching us! If I sinned, would that hurt you? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a problem for you?
- 21 Why don't you just pardon me for doing wrong? Why don't you just forgive me for my sins? Soon I will die and be in my grave. You will search for me, but I will be gone."