Ev'n like unto a dream, when one from sleeping doth arise; So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'st, their image shalt despise.
Psalm 90:5 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) As with an overflowing flood thou carry'st them away: They like a sleep are, like the grass that grows at morn are they. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You carry away [these disobedient people, doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass which grows up– American Standard Version (1901) Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. Common English Bible You sweep humans away like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning. Catholic Public Domain Version His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night. |
Ev'n like unto a dream, when one from sleeping doth arise; So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'st, their image shalt despise.