Psalms 90:5
things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
Cross References
Job 9:26They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
Job 22:16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.
Psalms 73:20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
Isaiah 8:7Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks,
Isaiah 38:12My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he out me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
Isaiah 40:6The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the held.
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 →