New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 90:10
10As for the days of our 1life, 2they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, 3eighty years, Yet their pride is but 4labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we 5fly 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 placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence. 9For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh. As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. 11Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? 12So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
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יְמֵֽי־שְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּ בָהֶ֥ם שִׁבְעִ֪ים שָׁנָ֡ה וְאִ֤ם בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת׀ שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים שָׁנָ֗ה וְ֭רָהְבָּם עָמָ֣ל וָאָ֑וֶן כִּי־גָ֥ז חִ֝֗ישׁ וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃Read the interlinear
- As for the daysיוֹםyôm · day: yearH3117
- lifeשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- they contain seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
- Or ifאִם'im · ifH518
- due to strengthגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
- eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
- Yet their prideרֹ֫הָבrôhâb · prideH7296
- laborעָמָל‛âmâl · troubleH5999
- and sorrowאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: troubleH205
- For soonחִישׁchîysh · quicklyH2440
- it is goneגּוּזgûz · to cut offH1468
- flyעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774
- awayעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774
Cross-references for Psalms 90:10
- Genesis 47:9So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”
- Deuteronomy 34:7Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- 1 Kings 1:1Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;
- Psalms 78:39Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.
- Job 14:10But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?
- Job 24:24They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
- Isaiah 38:12Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
- James 4:14Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
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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Notes
- 1. Psalms 90:10 Lit years ↩
- 2. Psalms 90:10 Lit in them are ↩
- 3. Psalms 90:10 2 Kin 19:35 ↩
- 4. Psalms 90:10 Eccl 12:2-7; Jer 20:18 ↩
- 5. Psalms 90:10 Job 20:8; Ps 78:39 ↩
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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