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Psalms 90:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away. "
Psalms 90:10
Verse in Context
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8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
12 So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Psalms 90:1
"Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations."
Psalms 90:2
"Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God."
Psalms 90:3
"You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”"
Psalms 90:4
"For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night."
Psalms 90:5
"You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass."
Psalms 90:6
"In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry."
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