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Psalms 90:5

You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; 1 in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up. 1

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In The King James Version

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In Context

4For a thousand years in your sight 1 are as yesterday when it is past, 1 and as a watch in the night. 1

6In the morning it blooms and grows up; 1 in the evening it withers and dries up. 1

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Cross References

Job 9:26They are as fast as papyrus reed boats, 1 and as fast as the eagle that swoops down on its victim. 1

Job 22:16those who were snatched away before their time, 1 those whose foundations have washed away like a river, 1

Psalms 73:20They are like a dream after one wakes up; 2 Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams. 1

Isaiah 8:7therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. 1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks. 1

Isaiah 38:12My life is removed and carried away from me like a shepherd's tent; 1 I have rolled up my life like a weaver; you are cutting me off from the loom; 1 between day and night you are ending my life. 1

Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry.” Another answers, “What should I cry?” 1 “All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the flower of the field. 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 →

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