Verse 5
Psalms 90:5
Free Bible Version
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You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
Original Language Text
hebrew
זְ֭רַמְתָּ/ם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝/בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּ/חָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף
English Translation
You will sow in the morning, and in the evening, you shall not rest; for in the morning, the grass will wither.
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Chapter 90 Context
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A prayer of Moses, the man of God (Elohim). Lord, through every generation, you have been “home” for...
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Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity p...
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You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”
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In your eyes, a thousand years are like a day that's already gone; like a few passing hours of the n...
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You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up...
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it sprouts in the morning, fresh and new, but by the evening it is withered and dead.
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We are burned up by your anger, terrified by your fury.
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You have set out our sins before you—our secret sins are visible in the light of your presence.
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9
Our lives fade away under your anger, coming to an end as quickly as a sigh.
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10
We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we...
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Who can know the power of your anger? Who understands your fury so you can be shown reverence?
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12
Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!
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Lord, how long will it be before you come back to us and have pity on us your servants?
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Show us every morning your trustworthy love so we may be happy, full of joy throughout our lives.
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15
Make us glad for as many days as you made us sad, for all the years we suffered!
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May we, your servants, see you at work for us again; may our children see your glory.
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May our Lord God (Elohim) be pleased with us, blessing what we do, blessing what we do.
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