Psalms 90:4

For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

In Context

3Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'

5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the LORD looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.

Psalms 39:5(39-6) Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

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 →

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