Psalms 90:9

For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

In Context

8You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.

10The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

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Cross References

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.

Psalms 78:33So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:8-12

Penitent Submission. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even… Read the whole commentary →

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