Psalms 90:6
In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
In Context
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7We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
Cross References
Psalms 92:7\92:6\A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
Psalms 102:12\102:11\My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.
Matthew 6:30But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?
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 →