Psalms 90:6

In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

In Context

5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning [they grow] like the grass which changeth.

7For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.

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Cross References

Psalms 92:7(92:8) When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore.

Psalms 102:12(102:13) But thou, O Lord, wilt sit enthroned for ever; and thy memorial is unto all generations.

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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