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

8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told . The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11Who knoweth the power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12So teachus to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to 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

• daysיוֹםyôm · day: yearH3117
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• strengthגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• strengthרֹ֫הָבrôhâb · prideH7296
• labourעָמָל‛âmâl · troubleH5999
• sorrowאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: troubleH205
• soonחִישׁchîysh · quicklyH2440
• offגּוּזgûz · to cut offH1468
• awayעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774

Cross-references for Psalms 90:10

• Genesis 47:9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, nor have they attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
• 2 Samuel 19:35I am this day eighty years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
• 1 Kings 1:1Now king David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm.
• Ecclesiastes 12:2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
• Psalms 78:39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
• Job 14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
• Job 24:24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.
• Isaiah 38:12My age hath departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• James 4:14Though ye know not what shall be to morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth 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

Topics related to Psalms 90:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Life
• Longevity
• Old Age

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Everlasting
• Tale
• Wisdom
• Cut; Cutting
• Fly
• Genesis
• Longevity
• Moses
• Number

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