Psalms 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4For a thousand years in Thy sight are but 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 are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
Job 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
Psalms 73:20As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, mighty and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks;
Isaiah 38:12My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up like a weaver my life; He will cut me off from the thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.
Isaiah 40:6Hark! one saith: 'Proclaim!' And he saith: 'What shall I proclaim?' 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is 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 →