Psalms 90:3
You return man to dust, 1 and you say, “Return, you descendants of mankind.” 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, 1 until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 1 For dust you are, and to dust you will return.”
Numbers 14:35I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be completely cut off, and here they will die.'”
Job 34:14If he ever set his intentions only on himself, 1 and if he ever gathered back to himself his spirit and his breath, 1
Psalms 146:4When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; 1 on that day his plans end. 1
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 →