Psalms 90:6
which blossoms and sprouts in the morning, but by evening is cut and withered.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
In Context
5Your floods sweep them away; they are like a dream, or like grass which sprouts in the morning,
7For your anger consumes us, the heat of your wrath confounds us.
Cross References
Psalms 92:7that, though the wicked flourish like grass, and evildoers all blossom, they will perish forever.
Psalms 102:12But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever, your fame endures to all generations.
Matthew 6:30If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
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 →