Psalms 90:5

Psalms 90:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:
• English Standard Version (ESV)You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
• New King James Version (NKJV)You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

Context of Psalms 90:5

3You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!” 4For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, Or as a watch in the night. You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone]; In the morning they are like grass which grows anew— 6In the morning it flourishes and springs up; In the evening it wilts and withers away. 7For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

Psalms 90:5 word by word

זְ֭רַמְתָּם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou carriest them away as with a floodזָרַםzâram · to floodH2229
• a sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• like grassחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• groweth upחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498

Cross-references for Psalms 90:5

• Job 9:26They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds, Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
• Job 22:16Men who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
• Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood; A windstorm steals him away in the night.
• Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, listen carefully, the Lord is about to bring on them the waters of the [Euphrates] River, strong and abundant— The king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise over all its channels and canals and go far beyond its banks.
• Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River], Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
• Psalms 73:20Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
• Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem), Even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” [The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10and the rich man is to glory in being humbled [by trials revealing human frailty, knowing true riches are found in the grace of God], for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers And the flower falls off,

Commentaries on Psalms 90:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood - Life is compared to a stream, ever gliding away; but sometimes it is as a mighty torrent, when by reason of plague, famine, or war, thousands are swept away daily. In particular cases it is a rapid stream, when the young are suddenly carried off by consumptions, fevers, etc.; this is the flower that flourisheth in the morning, and in the evening is cut down and withered. The whole of life is like a sleep or as a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood - The original here is a single verb with the suffix - זרמתם zerametâm The verb - זרם zâram - means, to flow, to pour; then, to pour upon, to overwhelm, to wash away. The idea is, that they were swept off as if a torrent bore them from the earth, carrying them away without regard to order, rank, age, or condition. So death makes no discrimination. Every day that passes, multitudes of every age, sex, condition…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Unlike God, humans are mortal and temporary.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Life is like grass, which, though changing under the influence of the night's dew, and flourishing in the morning, is soon cut down and withereth (Psa 103:15; 1Pe 1:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 90:5

• Flood
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• Life

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Commentaries on Psalms 90

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings