New English Translation
Psalms 90:7
7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
Psalms 90:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
- New International Version (NIV)We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
Context of Psalms 90:7
5You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; 6in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins. 9Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
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כִּֽי־כָלִ֥ינוּ בְאַפֶּ֑ךָ וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ נִבְהָֽלְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 90:7
- Psalms 90:9Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
- Psalms 30:11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
- Psalms 59:13Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)
- Numbers 17:12The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!
- Deuteronomy 2:14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.
- Hebrews 3:10“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’
- Hebrews 4:1Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
- Exodus 14:24In the morning watch the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army into a panic.
- Romans 2:8but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
Commentaries on Psalms 90:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7We are consumed by thine anger - Death had not entered into the world, if men had not fallen from God. By thy wrath are we troubled - Pain, disease, and sickness are so many proofs of our defection from original rectitude. The anger and wrath of God are moved against all sinners. Even in protracted life we consume away, and only seem to live in order to die. "Our wasting lives grow shorter still, As days and months increase; And every beating pulse we…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For we are consumed by thine anger - That is, Death - the cutting off of the race of man - may be regarded as an expression of thy displeasure against mankind as a race of sinners. The death of man would not have occurred but for sin Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:19; Romans 5:12; and all the circumstances connected with it - the fact of death, the dread of death, the pain that precedes death, the paleness and coldness and rigidity of the dead, and the slow and…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. 7-10Sinners cannot escape God’s anger against sin because the Lord sees their sins. Their lives pass quickly and are full of suffering.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. For--A reason, this is the infliction of God's wrath. troubled--literally, "confounded by terror" (Psa 2:5). Death is by sin (Ro 5:12). Though "secret," the light of God's countenance, as a candle, will bring sin to view (Pr 20:27; 1Co 4:5).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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