Psalms 144:4

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) nothing: Heb. not

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. altogether: or, alike

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. few...: Heb. short of days He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. at...: Heb. settled Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. a vain...: Heb. an image

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?