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Psalms 90:9
9We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.
Psalms 90:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
- New International Version (NIV)All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.
Context of Psalms 90:9
7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury. 8You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all. We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan. 10Seventy 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.
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:9 word by word
כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 90:9
- Psalms 78:33So he ended their lives in failure, their years in terror.
- Psalms 90:4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.
- Psalms 39:5You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude
Commentaries on Psalms 90:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9We spend our years as a tale - The Vulgate has: Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur; "Our years pass away like those of the spider." Our plans and operations are like the spider's web; life is as frail, and the thread of it as brittle, as one of those that constitute the well-wrought and curious, but fragile, habitation of that insect. All the Versions have the word spider; but it neither appears in the Hebrew, nor in any of its MSS. which have been…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath - Margin, “turned.” The Hebrew word - פנה pânâh - means to “turn;” then, to turn to or “from” anyone; and hence, to turn away as if to flee or depart. Here it means that our days seem to turn from us; to give the back to us; to be unwilling to remain with us; to leave us. This seems to be the fruit or result of the anger of God, as if he were unwilling that our days should attend us any longer. Or, it is as…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. 99. are passed--literally, "turn," as to depart (Jr 6:4). spend--literally, "consume." as a tale--literally, "a thought," or, "a sigh" (Eze 2:10).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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