Psalms 90:3
Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,—For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Numbers 14:35I—Yahweh, have spoken, Verily this, will I do to all this evil assembly, who have conspired against me,—In this desert, shall they be consumed And there, shall they die.
Job 34:14If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw.
Psalms 146:4His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, 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 →