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

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.”

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.”

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?

2 Samuel 19:36

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

1 Kings 1:1

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

Job 14:10

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

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.

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 5:7

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

Psalm 78:39

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

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.

Leviticus 27:7

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

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?’

Deuteronomy 34:7

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

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.

Joshua 14:11

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