Psalms 90:3
You bring us back to the dust, you summon mortals to return.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
In Context
4For you see a thousand years as the passing of yesterday, as a watch in the night.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return!”
Psalms 146:4When their breath goes out, they go back to the dust: on that very day their purposes perish.
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 →