Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years are, in thy sight, As yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
In Context
3But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye children of men!”
5Thou carriest him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,
Cross References
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [[Pause.]]
Matthew 24:43But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
2 Peter 3:8But forget not, beloved, this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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 →