The Psalmist asked the same question that is asked by man in each generation. “for what futility have you created all the children of men?” (Psalm 89:47, New King James Version). The New English Translation reads, “Why do you make all people so mortal?” And the New Living Translation reads, “Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!”
There are circumstances in life that drive people to express such sentiments, but in their expressive frustrations, many choose different answers. The Psalmist never lost sigh of rationality; he knew well the Lord God brought man into existence. He was not of the irrational mindset that said the material universe came into existence from nothing, absolutely nothing. Neither was he of the silly notion that the material university has always existed. He may not have known much, but he knew that he was brought into existence by a power, force, mind greater than anything of human creation.
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