Psalms 90:3
Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
In Context
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
Numbers 14:35I, LORD, have spoken, surely I will do this to all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Job 34:14If he sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself,
Psalms 146:4His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:2-7
God's Care of His People; Frailty of Human Life. 1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they… Read the whole commentary →