Psalms 90:3
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
In Context
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.
Numbers 14:35For as I have spoken, so will I do to all this wicked multitude, that hath risen up together against me: in this wilderness shall it faint away and die.
Job 34:14If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself.
Psalms 146:4Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.
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 →