Psalm 90:10

God's Word

Each of us lives for 70 years— or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them ⌞bring⌟ trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Cross References

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.

2 Samuel 19:35

I’m 80 years old now. How can I tell what is pleasant and what is not? Can I taste what I eat or drink? Can I still hear the singing of men and women? Why should I now become a burden to you, Your Majesty?

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.”

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight never became poor, and he never lost his physical strength.

1 Kings 1:1

King David had grown old, and although he was covered with blankets, he couldn’t get warm.

Job 24:24

⌞Such people⌟ may be prosperous for a little while, but then they’re gone. They are brought down low and disappear like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.

Job 14:10

But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?

Isaiah 38:12

My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd’s tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you’ve accumulated?’

Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not struggle with humans forever, because they are flesh and blood. They will live 120 years.”

Leviticus 27:7

For a man 60 years or over, give 6 ounces and for a woman give 4 ounces.

Joshua 14:11

I’m still as fit to go to war now as I was when Moses sent me out.

2 Samuel 19:36

I’ll just cross the Jordan River with you. Why should you give me such a reward?

Job 5:7

But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up ⌞from a fire⌟.