Psalms 90:3

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.

4For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Numbers 14:35I [am] Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; — in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.'

Job 34:14If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Psalms 146:4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

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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