Psalm 90:9

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses] pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan]. [Num. 14:26-35.]

Cross References

Psalm 35:5

Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the Angel of the Lord driving them on!

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears! For I am Your passing guest, a temporary resident, as all my fathers were.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, You have made my days as [short as] handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Truly every man at his best is merely a breath! Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!

Psalm 78:33

Therefore their days He consumed like a breath [in emptiness, falsity, and futility] and their years in terror and sudden haste.

Psalm 90:4

For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. [II Pet. 3:8.]