Psalms 89:47

Literally, if the text is right, O remember what a fleeting life I am! but it is possible that the letters of the word chçledhave been accidentally transposed and that we should read châdçl, as in Psalms 39:4: how frail, or, transitory, I am. As in that Psalm (cp. Psalms 89:13) and in Job 7:6 ff; Job 14:1 ff, the shortness and uncertainty of life are pleaded as a ground for the speedy restoration of God's favour. The Psalmist desires to see the solution of the riddle with his own eyes, and doubtless he gives utterance to the feelings of many pious souls in the Exile, whose faith was tried by the thought that they would not live to see the fulfilment of the prophecies of restoration.

wherefore&c. For what vanity hast thou created all the sons of men! Must life end thus in unsatisfied longing? Cp. Psalms 39:5; Psalms 39:11.