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For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
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Life is as Fleeting as a Thought
Commentators highlight that the phrase often translated "as a tale that is told" more accurately means "like a sigh" or "like a thought." This powerful image emphasizes how quickly and insubstantially our lives pass. Just as a thought appears and vanishes in an instant, so too do our years, reminding us of our mortality and the preciousness of time.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For all our days are passed away in your wrath (the margin offers "turned"). The Hebrew word פנה (pânâh) means "t…
19th Century
Anglican
Are passed away. —Better, are declining.
A tale. —Rather, a …
Baptist
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; a…
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16th Century
Protestant
For all our days are passed away in thy indignation. This might be viewed as a general confirmation of the preceding sentence: that the wh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For all our days are passed away in your wrath The life of man is rather measured by days than by months or years; a…
The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the…
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