Psalms 90:10
The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9For, all our days, decline in thy wrath,—We end our years like a sigh.
11Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
Cross References
Genesis 6:3And Yahweh said—My spirit shall not rule in man to times age—abiding, for that, he also, is flesh,—Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Leviticus 27:7And if it be from sixty years of age and upwards, if a male, then shall thine estimate be fifteen shekels,—and, for the female, ten shekels.
Joshua 14:11I remain, to-day, as courageous as on the day when Moses sent me, as my strength was then, so also my strength is now,—for war, both to go out and to come in.
2 Samuel 19:36Just a little way, will thy servant pass over the Jordan with the king,—but wherefore should the king recompense me with this reward?
Job 5:7Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
Job 20:8Like a dream, shall he fly away, and they shall not find him, yea he shall be chased away, as a vision of the night.
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 →