Psalm 90:9

The Passion Translation

We are banished to live in the shadow of your anger. Our days soon become years until our lifetime comes to an end, finished with nothing but a sigh.

Cross References

Psalm 78:33

So God cut their lives short with sudden disaster, with nothing to show for their lives but fear and failure.

Psalm 39:5

What a brief time you’ve given me to live! Compared to you my lifetime is nothing at all! Nothing more than a puff of air—I’m gone so swiftly. So too are the grandest of men; they are nothing but a fleeting shadow!” Pause in his presence

Psalm 90:4

One thousand years pass before your eyes like yesterday that quickly faded away, like a night’s sleep soon forgotten.

Psalm 35:5

Blow them away like dust in the wind, with the angel of Almighty God driving them back!

Psalm 39:12

Lord, listen to all my tender cries. Read my every tear, like liquid words that plead for your help. I feel all alone at times, like a stranger to you, passing through this life just like all those before me.