Psalms 90:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 90:4

2 ^aBefore the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You¹ had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, ^a“Return, O children of men.”

4 ^aFor a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.

5 You carry them away like a flood;
^aThey are like a sleep.
In the morning ^bthey are like grass which grows up:

6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.

8 ^aYou have set our iniquities before You,
Our ^bsecret sins in the light of Your countenance.

9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.

10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

12 ^aSo teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And ^ahave compassion on Your servants.

14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
^aThat we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

Verse Comparison: Psalms 90:4

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American Standard Version
For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

Amplified® Bible
For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

Contemporary English Version
but a thousand years mean nothing to you! They are merely a day gone by or a few hours in the night.

Darby English Version
For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.

Good News Bible
A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night.

King James Version
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

New American Standard Bible
For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or {as} a watch in the night.

New International Version
For a thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.

New King James Version
For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For a thousand years in Your sight resemble yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.

Revised Standard Version
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

Young's Literal Translation
For a thousand years in Thine eyes `are' as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

New English Translation
Yes,¹ in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.²

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