Psalms 90:5
Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4For a thousande yeeres in thy sight are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
6In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.
Cross References
Job 9:26They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
Job 22:16Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
Psalms 73:20As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
Isaiah 8:7Nowe therefore, beholde, the Lord bringeth vp vpon them the waters of the Riuer mightie and great, euen the King of Asshur with all his glory, and he shall come vp vpon all their riuers, and goe ouer all their banks,
Isaiah 38:12Mine habitation is departed, and is remoued from me, like a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut me off from the height: from day to night, thou wilt make an ende of me.
Isaiah 40:6A voyce saide, Crie. And he saide, What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof is as the floure of the fielde.
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 →