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- Psalms
- Chapter 90
- Verse 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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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…
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…
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,…
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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