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Psalms 90:4

Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday,.... Which may be said to obviate the difficulty in man's return, or resurrection, from the dead, taken from the length of time in which some…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For a thousand years in thy sight - Hebrew, “In thy eyes;” that is, It so appears to thee - or, a thousand years so seem to thee, however long they may appear to man. The utmost length to which the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 90:1-6

This psalm is entitled a prayer of Moses. Where, and in what volume, it was preserved from Moses's time till the collection of psalms was begun to be made, is uncertain; but, being divinely inspired,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The precise connexion of the thought is obscure. Some commentators connect Psa 90:90 with Psa 90:90, treating Psa 90:90 as a parenthesis. -Thou art eternal, for lapse of time makes no difference to…

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