Psalms 90:7

90:6 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.

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For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

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

For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.

90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

What does Psalms 90:7 mean?

Psalms 90:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כָּלָה (kâlâh), אַף (ʼaph), חֵמָה (chêmâh).

Hebrew interlinear

For

are

consumedכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

thine

anger,אַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

and

thy

wrathחֵמָהchêmâh/khay-maw'/H2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

are

troubled.בָּהַלbâhal/baw-hal'/H926to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

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Anger of God, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:7.

Jeremiah 21:5

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

Jeremiah 32:31

For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, a provocation: Heb. for my anger

Jeremiah 32:37

Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

Jeremiah 33:5

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Jeremiah 36:7

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. they: Heb. their supplication shall fail

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

Jeremiah 44:6

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Lamentations 4:11

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

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What does Psalms 90:7 say?

Psalms 90:7 (King James Version) reads: "For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled."

Is Psalms 90:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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