KJV ORIGINAL
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Who is the person that wants to live a good life and love many days so they can experience good things?
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is asking who wants to live a long, fulfilling life filled with good experiences.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm is attributed to David and was written as a teaching psalm (called an acrostic psalm where each verse begins with successive Hebrew letters). David is setting up a rhetorical question that everyone would answer 'yes' to - of course we all want a good, long life. This leads into his instruction in the following verses about how to actually achieve such a life through righteous living.
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