Psalms 90:10
The days of our life are threescore years and ten, And, by reason of strength, may be fourscore years: Yet is the pride of them weariness and sorrow; For it vanisheth swiftly, and we fly away.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
11Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
Cross References
Job 5:7Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
Job 20:8He shall flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.
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 →