46 (A)How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your (B)wrath burn like fire?
47 (C)Remember [a]what my lifespan is;
For what (D)futility [b]You have created all the sons of mankind!
48 What man can live and not (E)see death?
Can he (F)save his soul from the [c]power of [d]Sheol? Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:47 Lit of what duration I am
  2. Psalm 89:47 Or have You...mankind?
  3. Psalm 89:48 Lit hand
  4. Psalm 89:48 I.e., the netherworld

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(B)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(C)

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