Notes on the Brevity of Life

Comparisons

• II Samuel 14:14 - Like water spilled on the ground
• I Chronicles 29:15 - Like a shadow, it will not stay
• Job 7:6-7 - Like a weaver's shuttle or the wind
• Job 9:25-26 - Like a swift messenger, a swift ship, or a swooping eagle
• Job 14:1 - Few days, like a flower
• Psalms 78:39 - Like a wind
• Psalms 90:9 - Like a sigh
• Psalms 103:15-16 - Like grass, leaving no memory
• James 4:14 - Like a mist or the vapor from a pot

The Need to Remember How Short Life Is

• Psalms 90:12- Causes us to act more wisely
• Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 - Gives us a more balanced view of life