Psalms 90:9

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

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a: or, as a meditation

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For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. The days: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years

What does Psalms 90:9 mean?

Psalms 90:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹם (yôwm), פָּנָה (pânâh), עֶבְרָה (ʻebrâh).

Hebrew interlinear

For

all

our

daysיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

are

passed

awayפָּנָהpânâh/paw-naw'/H6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.

thy

wrath:עֶבְרָהʻebrâh/eb-raw'/H5678an outburst of passion

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

our

yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

taleהֶגֶהhegeh/heh'-geh/H1899a muttering (in sighing, thought, or as thunder)

that

told.

passed:

Heb.

turned

away

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meditation

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Anger of God, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:9.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

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What does Psalms 90:9 say?

Psalms 90:9 (King James Version) reads: "For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a: or, as a meditation"

Is Psalms 90:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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