Psalms 90:10

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 spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all. 9We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan. Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. 11Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve. 12Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.

Psalms 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 replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
• Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.
• 2 Samuel 19:35I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.
• 1 Kings 1:1King David was now very old, and no matter how many blankets covered him, he could not keep warm.
• Ecclesiastes 12:2Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.
• Psalms 78:39For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone like a breath of wind that never returns.
• Job 14:10“But when people die, their strength is gone. They breathe their last, and then where are they?
• Job 24:24And though they are great now, in a moment they will be gone like all others, cut off like heads of grain.
• Isaiah 38:12My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.
• Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
• James 4:14How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

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

Topics related to Psalms 90:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Life
• Longevity
• Old Age

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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