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Psalms 90:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.


Psalms 90:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 90:38 words
HebrewMeaning
תָּשֵׁ֣בtāšēb
you returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֱ֭נוֹשׁʾĕnwōš
humankindnounH582
thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
דַּכָּ֑אdakāʾ
crushed matternounH1793
destruction
וַ֝/תֹּ֗אמֶרwatōʾmer
and you saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שׁ֣וּבוּšwbw
returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
בְנֵיbənēy
O children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָֽםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
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 90:3

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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