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Psalms 90:4-6

King James Version (KJV)

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4. For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night. 5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up. 6. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalms 90:4-6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 90:4

Theological / Devotional

A thousand years. The passing of time means nothing to the eternal God. Even the life of a Methuselah (see Gen. 5:27) would be, in comparison with the eternity of God, but as a single day; yes, as a yesterday, which, when it has passed, seems still shorter to our recollection (see 2 Peter 3:8).

A watch. The idea of the first clause is intensified: a thousand years to God are no more than a division of a single night. Note the rapid succession of images in vs. 4–6.

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