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Psalms 90:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.


Psalms 90:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 90:410 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֶ֪לֶףʾelep
a thousandadjH505
שָׁנִ֡יםšāniym
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
בְּֽ/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָbəʿēyneykā
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
כְּ/י֣וֹםkəywōm
are like a day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֶ֭תְמוֹלʾetəmwōl
yesterdaynounH865
before time · heretofore · times past · yester
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יַעֲבֹ֑רyaʿăbōr
it passesverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
וְ/אַשְׁמוּרָ֥הwəʾašəmwrāh
and a watchconjH821
בַ/לָּֽיְלָהbalāyəlāh
in the nightpronH3915
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 90:4

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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