Quotes About Existence

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

that he should live on forever and not see decay.

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?