God’s Word Translation
Psalms 90:10
10Each of us lives for 70 years— or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them ⌞bring⌟ trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Psalms 90:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Context of Psalms 90:10
8You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence. 9Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one ⌞long⌟ sigh. Each of us lives for 70 years— or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them ⌞bring⌟ trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away. 11Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury. 12Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom.
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:10 word by word
יְמֵֽי־שְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּ בָהֶ֥ם שִׁבְעִ֪ים שָׁנָ֡ה וְאִ֤ם בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת׀ שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים שָׁנָ֗ה וְ֭רָהְבָּם עָמָ֣ל וָאָ֑וֶן כִּי־גָ֥ז חִ֝֗ישׁ וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The daysיוֹםyôm · day: yearH3117
- of our yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- threescoreשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
- and if by reason of strengthגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
- fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
- their strengthרֹ֫הָבrôhâb · prideH7296
- labourעָמָל‛âmâl · troubleH5999
- and sorrowאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: troubleH205
- for it is soonחִישׁchîysh · quicklyH2440
- cut offגּוּזgûz · to cut offH1468
- and we fly awayעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774
Cross-references for Psalms 90:10
- Genesis 47:9Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.”
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight never became poor, and he never lost his physical strength.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I’m 80 years old now. How can I tell what is pleasant and what is not? Can I taste what I eat or drink? Can I still hear the singing of men and women? Why should I now become a burden to you, Your Majesty?
- 1 Kings 1:1King David had grown old, and although he was covered with blankets, he couldn’t get warm.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2Remember your Creator before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars turn dark, ⌞and⌟ the clouds come back with rain.
- Psalms 78:39He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.
- Job 14:10But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
- Job 24:24⌞Such people⌟ may be prosperous for a little while, but then they’re gone. They are brought down low and disappear like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.
- Isaiah 38:12My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd’s tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you’ve accumulated?’
- James 4:14You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.
Commentaries on Psalms 90:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Threescore years and ten - See the note on the title of this Psalm 90 (note). This Psalm could not have been written by Moses, because the term of human life was much more extended when he flourished than eighty years at the most. Even in David's time many lived one hundred years, and the author of Ecclesiasticus, who lived after the captivity, fixed this term at one hundred years at the most (Sirach 18:9); but this was merely a general average, for even…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The days of our years - Margin, “As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years.” Perhaps the language would better be translated: “The days of our years! In them are seventy years;” or, they amount to seventy years. Thus the psalmist is represented as reflecting on human life - on the days that make up the years of life; - as fixing his thought on those days and years, and taking the sum of them. The days of our years - what are they? Are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the displeasure of God. Secret sins are known to God, and shall be reckoned for. See the folly of those who go about to cover their sins, for they cannot do so. Our years, when gone, can no more be recalled than the words that we have spoken. Our whole life is toilsome and troublesome; and perhaps, in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10A groan of sorrow (Ezekiel 2:10) represents a life facing the consequences of sin. Humans create trouble (see Psalm 10:6) and receive pain as a result.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Moses' life was an exception (De 34:7). it is ... cut off--or, "driven," as is said of the quails in using the same word (Nu 11:31). In view of this certain and speedy end, life is full of sorrow.Read the comment
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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
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