Psalms 90:10

Overview - Psalms 90
Moses, setting forth God's providence.
complains of human fragility,
divine chastisements,
10 and brevity of life.
12 He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence.
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Psalms 90:10  (King James Version)
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, etc
Hebrew As for the days of our years, in them
are seventy years.
Genesis 47:9 ; Deuteronomy 34:7

yet
2 Samuel 19:35 ; 1 Kings 1:1 ; Ecclesiastes 12:2-7

for
78:39 Job 14:10 ; *marg:
Job 24:24 ; Isaiah 38:12 ; Luke 12:20 ; James 4:14