Psalms 90:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 90:5

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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 90:5

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American Standard Version
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Amplified® Bible
You carry away [these disobedient people, doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass which grows up--

Contemporary English Version
You bring our lives to an end just like a dream. We are merely tender grass

Darby English Version
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:

Good News Bible
You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

King James Version
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

New American Standard Bible
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

New International Version
You sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they are like the new grass of the morning-

New King James Version
You carry them away like a flood;
They are like a sleep.
In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they resemble grass which sprouts anew.

Revised Standard Version
Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

New English Translation
You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.”¹ In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

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