Psalms 90:9

Our life passes away under your wrath; 1 our years quickly pass like a sigh. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

In Context

8You have set our iniquities before you, 1 our hidden sins in the light of your presence. 1

10Our years are seventy, 1 or even eighty if we are healthy; 1 but even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow. 1 Yes, they pass quickly, and we fly away. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5See, you have made my days only the width of my hand, 1 and my lifetime is like nothing before you. 1 Surely every man is a single breath. Selah 1

Psalms 78:33Therefore God cut short their days; 1 their years were filled with terror. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:8-12

Penitent Submission. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even… Read the whole commentary →

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