Quotes about Mortality
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
— Psalm 39:13
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
— Psalm 44:25
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
— Psalm 49:9
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
— Psalm 49:10
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
— Psalm 49:12
For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
— Psalm 49:17
he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
— Psalm 49:19
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
— Psalm 62:9
They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
— Psalm 73:4
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
— Psalm 78:39
But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
— Psalm 82:7
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
— Psalm 89:47