Psalms 90:5
You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
6In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.
Cross References
Job 9:26They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Job 22:16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Psalms 73:20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Isaiah 8:7now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
Isaiah 38:12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
Isaiah 40:6The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
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 →