Psalm 90:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

You bring our lives to an end just like a dream. We are merely tender grass

Cross References

Isaiah 40:6

Someone told me to shout, and I asked, “What should I shout?” We humans are merely grass, and we last no longer than wild flowers.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scriptures say, “Humans wither like grass, and their glory fades like wild flowers. Grass dries up, and flowers fall to the ground.

Psalm 73:20

They will disappear, Lord, despised like a bad dream the morning after.

Job 22:16

who were swept away without warning.

Job 20:8

They will be forgotten like a dream

Job 9:26

Each day passes swifter than a sailing ship or an eagle swooping down.

Job 4:20

Born after daybreak, you die before nightfall and disappear forever.

Isaiah 38:12

My life was taken from me like the tent that a shepherd pulls up and moves. You cut me off like thread from a weaver's loom; you make a wreck of me day and night.

Isaiah 38:13

Until morning came, I thought you would crush my bones just like a hungry lion; both night and day you make a wreck of me.

Isaiah 40:7

At the Lord's command, flowers and grass disappear, and so do we.