Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 90:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.”
Psalms 90:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For a thousand years in thy sight {are but} as yesterday when it is past, and {as} a watch in the night. {when...: or, when he hath passed them}
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are {as} a sleep: in the morning {they are} like grass {which} groweth up. {groweth...: or, is changed}
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret {sins} in the light of thy countenance.
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