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Psalms 90:9

Psalms 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath,.... The life of man is rather measured by days than by months or years; and these are but few, which pass away or "decline" (g) as the day does towards…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For 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.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 90:7-11

Moses had, in the foregoing verses, lamented the frailty of human life in general; the children of men are as a sleep and as the grass. But here he teaches the people of Israel to confess before God…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

are passed away Lit. turnor declinetowards evening (Jer 6:4). We are "a generation of thy wrath" (Jer 7:29). Our life is drawing to a close under a cloud; there is no sign of -light at…

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