Psalms 90:3

You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”

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In The King James Version

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

In Context

2Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

4For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

Numbers 14:35I, the LORD, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”

Job 34:14If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

Psalms 146:4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

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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