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Psalms 90:10 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 90:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 90:1016 words
HebrewMeaning
יְמֵֽיyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שְׁנוֹתֵ֨י/נוּšənwōtēynw
years ournounH8141
whole age · long · old
בָ/הֶ֥םbāhem
pron
שִׁבְעִ֪יםšibəʿiym
are seventyadjH7657
threescore and ten
שָׁנָ֡הšānāh
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
וְ/אִ֤םwəʾim
and ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
בִּ/גְבוּרֹ֨תbigəbwrōt
by strengthpronH1369
mastery · might · mighty (act · power) ···
שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤יםšəmwōniym
eightyadjH8084
fourscore
שָׁנָ֗הšānāh
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
וְ֭/רָהְבָּ/םwərāhəbām
and pride theirconjH7296
עָמָ֣לʿāmāl
is toilnounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
וָ/אָ֑וֶןwāʾāwen
and troubleconjH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גָ֥זgāz
it passes awayverbH1468
cut off
חִ֝֗ישׁḥiyš
quicklyadvH2440
וַ/נָּעֻֽפָ/הwanāʿupāh
and we flew away !conjH5774
be faint · flee away · fly · set ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 90:10

1. This Psalm is entitled, “The prayer of Moses the man of God,” through whom, His man, God gave the law to His people, through whom He freed them from the house of slavery, and led them forty years through the wilderness. Moses was therefore the Minister of the Old, and the Prophet of the New Testament. For “all these things,” says the Apostle, “happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the world come.” 1 Corinthians…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 90 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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