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Psalms 90:5

90:4 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

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You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.

90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

What does Psalms 90:5 mean?

Psalms 90:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include זָרַם (zâram), שֵׁנָה (shênâh), בֹּקֶר (bôqer).

Hebrew interlinear

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Thou
carriest
them
away
as
with
a
flood;זָרַםzâram/zaw-ram'/H2229to gush (as water)
they
are
as
a
sleep:שֵׁנָהshênâh/shay-naw'/H8142sleep
in
the
morningבֹּקֶרbôqer/bo'-ker/H1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
they
are
like
grassחָצִירchâtsîyr/khaw-tseer'/H2682grass; also a leek (collectively)
which
groweth
up.חָלַףchâlaph/khaw-laf'/H2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
groweth:
or,
is
changed

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What does Psalms 90:5 say?

Psalms 90:5 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 90:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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