New English Translation
Psalms 90:8
8You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
Psalms 90:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- New International Version (NIV)You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
Context of Psalms 90:8
6in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. 7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. You 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. 10The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
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שַׁתָּ֣ה עֲוֹנֹתֵ֣ינוּ לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ לִמְא֥וֹר פָּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 90:8
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”
- Psalms 50:21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
- Psalms 139:1O Lord, you examine me and know.
- Job 34:21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.
- Jeremiah 9:13The Lord answered, “This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.
- Jeremiah 16:17For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
- Jeremiah 23:24“Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. “Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the Lord asks.
- Ezekiel 8:12He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’”
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
- Psalms 19:12Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.
- Proverbs 5:21For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
- Luke 12:1Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
Commentaries on Psalms 90:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee - Every one of our transgressions is set before thee; noted and minuted down in thy awful register! Our secret sins - Those committed in darkness and privacy are easily discovered by thee, being shown by the splendours of thy face shining upon them. Thus we light a candle, and bring it into a dark place to discover its contents. O, what can be hidden from the allseeing eye of God? Darkness is no darkness to him…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee - Thou hast arrayed them, or brought them forth to view, as a “reason” in thy mind for cutting us down. Death may be regarded as proof that God has brought before his mind the evidence of man‘s guilt, and has passed sentence accordingly. The fact of death at all; the fact that anyone of the race dies; the fact that human life has been made so brief, is to be explained on the supposition that God has arrayed before…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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