Psalms 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
In Context
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.
Cross References
Psalms 39:5(39:6) Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah.
Psalms 78:33Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:8-12
Penitent Submission. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even… Read the whole commentary →