Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
In Context
4For a thousande yeeres in thy sight are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
Numbers 14:35I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Job 34:14If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
Psalms 146:4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes 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 →