“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 measure of human years: "The days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away." The psalm provides a statistical observation of human lifespan while emphasizing that even the maximum years are characterized by hardship and quickly pass. The image of flying away suggests sudden departure.
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