Psalms

Psalm 89:47–48

⁴⁷Remember the briefness of my lifespan!

For what futility You have created all men!

⁴⁸What man can live and never see death?

Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?

Selah

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Remember	זְכָר־	zə·ḵār-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
the briefness	חָ֑לֶד	ḥā·leḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H2465 duration, world
of my lifespan	אֲנִ֥י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
For	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
what	מַה־	ma·hō·šā-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
futility	שָּׁ֝֗וְא	šā·wəʾ	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
You have created	בָּרָ֥אתָ	bā·rā·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H1254 shape, create
all	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
men	אָדָֽם׃	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What	מִ֤י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
man	גֶ֣בֶר	ḡe·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H1397 man
can live	יִֽ֭חְיֶה	yiḥ·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2421 live
and never	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
see	יִרְאֶה־	yir·’eh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
death	מָּ֑וֶת	mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
Can he deliver	יְמַלֵּ֨ט	yə·mal·lêṭ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4422 slip away
his soul	נַפְשׁ֖וֹ	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
from the power	מִיַּד־	mî·yaḏ-	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of Sheol	שְׁא֣וֹל	šə·’ō·wl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
Selah	סֶֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 89:47 Job 14:1 · Job 7:7 · Job 10:9 · James 4:14 · Job 9:25–26 · Psalm 144:4

Psalm 89:48 Psalm 49:15 · Hebrews 11:5 · Ecclesiastes 9:5 · Ecclesiastes 12:7 · Ecclesiastes 8:8 · Psalm 49:7–9 · John 8:51 · Job 30:23 · Psalm 22:29 · Acts 2:27 · Hebrews 9:27 · 2 Corinthians 4:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.