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Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. <a href="/esv/psalms/90.htm">English Standard Version</a> The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. <a href="/bsb/psalms/90.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/psalms/90.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/psalms/90.htm">New King James Version</a> The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. <a href="/nasb_/psalms/90.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we disappear. <a href="/nasb/psalms/90.htm">NASB 1995</a> As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. <a href="/nasb77/psalms/90.htm">NASB 1977 </a> As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. <a href="/lsb/psalms/90.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to might, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and wickedness; For soon it is gone and we fly away. <a href="/amp/psalms/90.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The days of our life are seventy years— Or even, if because of strength, eighty years; Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow, For it is soon gone and we fly away. <a href="/csb/psalms/90.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away. <a href="/hcsb/psalms/90.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away. <a href="/asv/psalms/90.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/psalms/90.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We can expect seventy years, or maybe eighty, if we are healthy, but even our best years bring trouble and sorrow. Suddenly our time is up, and we disappear. <a href="/erv/psalms/90.htm">English Revised Version</a> The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but labour and sorrow; for it is soon gone, and we fly away. <a href="/gwt/psalms/90.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Each of us lives for 70 years- or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them [bring] trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away. <a href="/gnt/psalms/90.htm">Good News Translation</a> Seventy years is all we have--eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone. <a href="/isv/psalms/90.htm">International Standard Version</a> We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away. <a href="/msb/psalms/90.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/psalms/90.htm">NET Bible</a> The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away. <a href="/nheb/psalms/90.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/psalms/90.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. <a href="/web/psalms/90.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/psalms/90.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, "" And if, by reason of might, eighty years, "" Yet their enlargement [is] labor and vanity, "" For it has been cut off quickly, and we fly away. <a href="/ylt/psalms/90.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away. <a href="/slt/psalms/90.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The days of our years, in them seventy years; and if in strengths, eighty years, and their pride labor and vanity; for being soon cut off and we shall fly away.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/psalms/90.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> the days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. <a href="/cpdv/psalms/90.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 89:10>The days of our years in them are seventy years. But in the powerful, they are eighty years, and more of these are with hardship and sorrow. For mildness has overwhelmed us, and we shall be corrected. <a href="/nabre/psalms/90.htm">New American Bible</a> Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone. <a href="/nrsvce/psalms/90.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/psalms/90.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The years of our lives are threescore and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet most of them are labor and sorrow; for life is soon cut off and we fly away. <a href="/hpbt/psalms/90.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The days of our years with them are seventy years, or being stronger. eighty years; most of them are toil and pains, because affliction comes upon us and we are buffeted.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/psalms/90.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but travail and vanity; For it is speedily gone, and we fly away. <a href="/sep/psalms/90.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened. <a href="/parallel/psalms/90-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=11457" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/psalms/90.htm">I Will Sing of His Love Forever</a> …9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. 10<a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê- (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">The length of our days</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šə·nō·w·ṯê·nū (N-fpc:: 1cp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7657.htm" title="7657: šiḇ·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Seventy (a card. number). Multiple of sheba'; seventy.">is seventy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years—</a> <a href="/hebrew/8084.htm" title="8084: šə·mō·w·nîm (Number-cp) -- An eighty. Or shmowniym; mult. From shmoneh; eighty, also eightieth.">or eighty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if we are strong</a> <a href="/hebrew/1369.htm" title="1369: biḡ·ḇū·rōṯ (Prep-b:: N-fp) -- Strength, might. Feminine passive participle from the same as gibbowr; force; by implication, valor, victory.">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7296.htm" title="7296: wə·rā·hə·bām (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Pride. From rahab; pride.">yet their pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999: ‘ā·māl (N-ms) -- Trouble, labor, toil. From amal; toil, i.e. Wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. Of body or mind.">is but labor</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: wā·’ā·wen (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">and sorrow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2440.htm" title="2440: ḥîš (Adv) -- Quickly. From chiysh; properly, a hurry; hence quickly.">they quickly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1468.htm" title="1468: ḡāz (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pass over or away. A primitive root; properly, to shear off; but used only in the sense of passing rapidly.">pass,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5774.htm" title="5774: wan·nā·‘u·p̄āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cp:: 3fs) -- To fly, to faint. A primitive root; to cover; hence to fly; also to faint.">and we fly away.</a> 11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/6-3.htm">Genesis 6:3</a> So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” <a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1-2</a> “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a> before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a> A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” <a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a> 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. <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a> For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a> All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16-18</a> Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. / For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. <a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a> For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. <a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a> Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, <a href="/job/7-6.htm">Job 7:6-7</a> My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. / Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness. <a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12</a> My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me. <a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm">1 Peter 4:7</a> The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray. <a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Psalm 39:4-5</a> “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:4</a> Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.the days, etc.<a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Deuteronomy 34:7</a> And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.yet<a href="/2_samuel/19-35.htm">2 Samuel 19:35</a> 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?<a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1</a> Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:2-7</a> While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: … for<a href="/psalms/78-39.htm">Psalm 78:39</a> For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.<a href="/job/14-10.htm">Job 14:10</a> But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?<a href="/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/39-24.htm">Contain</a> <a href="/psalms/90-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/65-1.htm">Due</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Eighty</a> <a href="/psalms/55-6.htm">Fly</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Fourscore</a> <a href="/psalms/78-46.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/psalms/90-4.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/psalms/88-9.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/esther/9-16.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/psalms/88-9.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Span</a> <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/psalms/89-21.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/68-17.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-6.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/job/24-5.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Vanity</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-8.htm">Contain</a> <a href="/psalms/94-23.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/90-11.htm">Due</a> <a href="/songs/6-8.htm">Eighty</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">Fly</a> <a href="/songs/6-8.htm">Fourscore</a> <a href="/psalms/104-23.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/psalms/90-14.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/psalms/103-16.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/psalms/94-2.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/94-17.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/psalms/102-5.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/psalms/94-17.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/psalms/90-15.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Span</a> <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/psalms/90-17.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/91-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/songs/3-7.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/psalms/107-12.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/psalms/94-11.htm">Vanity</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 90</div>1. <a href="/psalms/90-1.htm">Moses, setting forth God's providence</a> 3. <a href="/psalms/90-3.htm">Complains of human fragility</a> 7. <a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Divine chastisement</a> 10. <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">and brevity of life</a> 12. <a href="/psalms/90-12.htm">He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/90.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/90.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The length of our days is seventy years— This phrase reflects the typical lifespan during the time of Moses, who is traditionally credited with writing this psalm. It acknowledges the brevity of human life compared to the eternal nature of God. In biblical times, reaching seventy years was considered a full life, as seen in the lives of patriarchs like Abraham and Isaac, who lived much longer, indicating a decline in lifespan post-flood.or eighty if we are strong— This suggests that with strength and health, some may live longer, up to eighty years. It highlights the variability of human life and the grace of God in granting additional years. This can be seen as a reminder of human frailty and the need to rely on God's strength. The mention of strength may also imply the physical and spiritual vigor required to endure life's challenges.yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, This phrase underscores the futility of human pride and achievements, which often result in toil and grief. It reflects the curse of labor from <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>, where work became burdensome due to sin. The pride of life, as warned against in 1 <a href="/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16</a>, is fleeting and ultimately unsatisfying, pointing to the need for humility and dependence on God.for they quickly pass, Life's transience is emphasized here, echoing the sentiments of other scriptures like <a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a>, which compares life to a mist. This brevity serves as a call to wisdom, urging believers to number their days and live purposefully, as advised in <a href="/psalms/90-12.htm">Psalm 90:12</a>. It also points to the eternal perspective that life on earth is temporary, and true fulfillment is found in eternity with God.and we fly away. This imagery of flying away suggests the soul's departure from the body at death, reminiscent of <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a>, where the spirit returns to God. It can also be seen as a type of the believer's hope in the resurrection and eternal life, as promised in <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a>. The phrase evokes the idea of liberation from earthly struggles and entry into God's presence.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/90.htm">Psalm 90</a>, Moses is a central figure in the Old Testament, known for leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people to whom Moses was speaking, who wandered in the desert for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness_wanderings.htm">Wilderness Wanderings</a> The period of 40 years when the Israelites wandered in the desert, which serves as the backdrop for the themes of mortality and the brevity of life in <a href="/bsb/psalms/90.htm">Psalm 90</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_brevity_of_life.htm">The Brevity of Life</a> Life is short, typically seventy to eighty years, reminding us to live with purpose and urgency. <a href="/topical/h/human_frailty.htm">Human Frailty</a> Our lives are marked by labor and sorrow, highlighting our need for reliance on God’s strength and grace. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> The fleeting nature of life should encourage us to focus on eternal values and invest in our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/w/wisdom_in_numbering_our_days.htm">Wisdom in Numbering Our Days</a> Recognizing the limited time we have should lead us to seek wisdom and make the most of every opportunity. <a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_this_life.htm">Hope Beyond This Life</a> While life is brief and filled with challenges, believers have the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_90.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 90</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_genesis_5_and_psalm_90_10.htm">How do we reconcile the extraordinarily long lifespans in Genesis 5 with the more typical human lifespan suggested in Psalm 90:10? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_lifespan.htm">What does the Bible say about our lifespan?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_aging.htm">What does the Bible say about aging?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_psalm_90_10_differ_in_lifespan.htm">Why does Psalm 90:10’s typical lifespan differ from earlier biblical accounts of patriarchs living hundreds of years? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/90.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) Yet is their strength . . .--The LXX. (and so Vulg.) appear to have had a slightly different reading, which gives much better sense: "Yet their additional years are but labour and sorrow." The old man has no reason to congratulate himself on passing the ordinary limit, of life.For it is soon cut off.--This seems hardly to give, as it professes to do, a reason for the fact that the prolongation of life beyond its ordinary limit brings trouble and sorrow, and we are compelled to see if the words can convey a different meaning. Literally the clause is, for (or thus) passeth haste, and we fly away (like a bird), which may be rendered, thus there comes a haste that we may fly away; i.e., even though we may have prayed for an extension of life, it brings with it such weariness that we long at last to escape--a fact sufficiently true to experience."Yet are these feet, whose strengthless stay is numb,Unable to support this lump of clay,Swift winged with desire to get a grave."SHAKSPEARE.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/90.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - The days of our years are three score years and ten. This seems a low estimate for the time of Moses, since he himself died at the ago of a hundred and twenty (<a href="/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Deuteronomy 34:7</a>), Aaron at the age of a hundred and twenty-three (<a href="/numbers/33-39.htm">Numbers 33:39</a>), and Miriam at an age which was even more advanced (<a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Numbers 20:1</a>; comp. <a href="/exodus/2-4.htm">Exodus 2:4</a>). But these may have been exceptional cases, and we have certainly no sufficient data for determining what was the average length of human life in the later period of the wanderings. The suggestion has been made that it was probably even shorter than that here mentioned. And if by reason of strength they be four score years; i.e. "if, through exceptional strength in this or that individual, they occasionally mount up to four score years." Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; rather, yet is their pride then but let, our and vanity. They may boast of their age; but what real advantage is it to them? After seventy, the years draw nigh when each man is forced to say, "I have no pleasure in them" (<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:1</a>). For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Moreover, even if we live to eighty, our life seems to us no more than a span, so soon does it pass away, and we take our departure. <a href="/commentaries/psalms/90-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The length of our days יְמֵֽי־ (yə·mê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day is seventy שִׁבְעִ֪ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7657.htm">Strong's 7657: </a> Seventy (a cardinal number) years— שָׁנָ֡ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year or eighty שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים (šə·mō·w·nîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8084.htm">Strong's 8084: </a> Eighty, eightieth if we are strong— וְאִ֤ם (wə·’im) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not yet their pride וְ֭רָהְבָּם (wə·rā·hə·bām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7296.htm">Strong's 7296: </a> Pride is but labor עָמָ֣ל (‘ā·māl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5999.htm">Strong's 5999: </a> Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind and sorrow, וָאָ֑וֶן (wā·’ā·wen) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they quickly חִ֝֗ישׁ (ḥîš) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2440.htm">Strong's 2440: </a> A hurry, quickly pass, גָ֥ז (ḡāz) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1468.htm">Strong's 1468: </a> To shear off, passing rapidly and we fly away. וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃ (wan·nā·‘u·p̄āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5774.htm">Strong's 5774: </a> To fly, to faint <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 90:10 The days of our years are seventy (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 90:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 90:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/90-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 90:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 90:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>