Psalms 90:5
Thou carry them away as with a flood. They are as a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
6In the morning it flourishes, and grows up. In the evening it is cut down, and withers.
Cross References
Job 9:26They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Job 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Psalms 73:20As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
Isaiah 8:7now therefore, behold, LORD brings up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks,
Isaiah 38:12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me.
Isaiah 40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness of it is as the flower of the field.
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 →