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Psalms 90:4 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Psalms 90:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 90 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. when: or, when he hath passed them”
Psalms 90:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. This verse explains why God has been faithful across all generations (v.1) and exists eternally (v.2)—His perspective on time differs radically from ours. What seems like vast spans to finite humans is but a moment to the eternal God. This relativization of time addresses both despair over life's brevity and hope in God's eternal purposes."For a thousand years" (כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים/ki elef shanim) represents the longest comprehensible timespan in ancient thought. A thousand years encompasses man...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 90:4
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“you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath. Selah.,Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah., הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה׃ ,Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; And mine age is as nothing before Thee; Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah,38:6 ἰδοὺ παλαιστὰς ἔθου τὰς ἡμέρας μου καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου πλὴν τὰ σύμπαντα ματαιότης πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ζῶν διάψαλμα,38:5 Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.,,,,”
“that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming”
“and finds them so.”
“{The night was equally divided into four watches”
“that Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud”
“and the hundred men who were with him”