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Psalms 90:10

Old ageDeath and lossSuffering

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

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.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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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.

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Cross references

  • James 4:14

    Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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  • Psalms 78:39

    For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:35

    I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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  • Genesis 47:9

    And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:7

    And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

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  • 1 Kings 1:1

    Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

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  • Job 14:10

    But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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  • Job 24:24

    They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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