Psalm 89:47-49

Expanded Bible

⁴⁷ Remember how ·short [fleeting] my life is.
    Why did you create us? For ·nothing [futility; vanity; no purpose]?
⁴⁸ What person alive will not ·die [^Lsee death]?
    Who can escape ·the grave [^Lfrom the hand/power of Sheol; ^Cthe grave or the underworld]? ·Selah [Interlude]