King James Version
psalm 90:9 in the King James Version says “For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a:...” — study this verse from psalm chapter 90 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a: or, as a meditation”
psalm 90:9 · KJV
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a: or, as a meditation
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: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
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