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Psalms 90:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass. "
Psalms 90:5
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3 You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”
4 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
6 In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.
7 For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.
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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 90:6
"In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry."
Psalms 90:7
"For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath."
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