Psalms 90:10
8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
- ASV
- The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
- DARBY
- The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
- BLB
- The days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, or if by strength eighty years; yet their pride [is] toil and trouble—for it is cut off soon, and we fly away.
- ÅB
- Vårt livs tid, den er sytti år og, når der er stor styrke, åtti år, og dets herlighet er strev og tomhet; for hastig ble vi drevet fremad, og vi fløy avsted.
- OTB
- Våre levedager er sytti år,
Eller om styrken holder, åtti år,
Men deres stolthet er bare slit og sorg;
For det går snart, og vi flyr bort. - B1930
- Vårt livs tid, den er sytti år og, når der er megen styrke, åtti år, og dets herlighet er møie og tomhet; for hastig blev vi drevet fremad, og vi fløi avsted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Read in contextPsalms 78:39
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
Read in context2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Read in contextGenesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Read in context1 Kings 1:1
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
Read in contextJob 14:10
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Read in contextJob 24:24
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
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