Psalms 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
6In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
Cross References
Job 9:26They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
Job 22:16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
Psalms 73:20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
Isaiah 8:7therefore behold, the Lord will bring up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall mount up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Isaiah 38:12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
Isaiah 40:6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof 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 →