Psalms 90:3

Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

In Context

2Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

4For a thousand years are in thy eyes but as the yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Numbers 14:35I the Lord have spoken it, surely, this will I do unto all this evil congregation that have assembled against me: in this wilderness shall they be spent, and therein shall they die.

Job 34:14If he were to set his heart upon man, he would gather unto himself his spirit and his breath:

Psalms 146:4When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

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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