Psalms 90:6

90:5 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.

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In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

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

In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and wither.

90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

What does Psalms 90:6 mean?

Psalms 90:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בֹּקֶר (bôqer), צוּץ (tsûwts), חָלַף (châlaph).

Hebrew interlinear

the

morningבֹּקֶרbôqer/bo'-ker/H1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

flourisheth,צוּץtsûwts/tsoots/H6692to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)

and

groweth

up;חָלַףchâlaph/khaw-laf'/H2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change

the

eveningעֶרֶבʻereb/eh'-reb/H6153dusk

cut

down,מוּלmûwl/mool/H4135to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy

and

withereth.יָבֵשׁyâbêsh/yaw-bashe'/H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:6.

Exodus 16:13

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

Exodus 18:13

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

Exodus 18:14

And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

Genesis 1:13

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:19

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.