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Psalms 90:4

For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.

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In The 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.

In Context

3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:24And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

Matthew 24:43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

2 Peter 3:8But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.

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 →

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