Psalms 90:6
In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
In Context
5things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
Cross References
Psalms 92:7The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.
Psalms 102:12My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
Matthew 6:30And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye 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 →