Psalms 78:60

78:60 He abandoned¹ the sanctuary at Shiloh,

the tent where he lived among men.

Psalms 82:7

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals;²

you will fall like all the other rulers.”³

Psalms 104:23

104:23 Men then go out to do their work,

and labor away until evening.⁴

Psalms 107:8

107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people!⁵

Psalms 107:15

107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people!⁶

Psalms 107:21

107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people!⁷

Psalms 107:31

107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people!⁸

Psalms 115:4

115:4 Their⁹ idols are made of silver and gold –

they are man-made.¹⁰

Psalms 116:11

116:11 I rashly declared,¹¹

“All men are liars.”

Psalms 118:8

118:8 It is better to take shelter¹² in the Lord

than to trust in people.

Psalms 119:134

119:134 Deliver me¹³ from oppressive men,

so that I can keep¹⁴ your precepts.

Psalms 135:8

135:8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

including both men and animals.

Psalms 144:4

144:4 People¹⁵ are like a vapor,

their days like a shadow that disappears.¹⁶

¹tn Or “rejected.”

²tn Heb “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not maleness.

³tn Heb “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean “as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).

³tn Heb “man goes out to his work, and to his labor until evening.”

⁴tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”

⁵tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

⁶tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

⁷tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

⁸tn The referent of the pronominal suffix is “the nations” (v. 2).

⁹tn Heb “the work of the hands of man.”

⁹tn Heb “I said in my haste.”

¹⁰tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 5:11-12; 31:17-20; 34:21-22).

¹¹tn Or “redeem me.”

¹²tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

¹²tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”

¹³tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.