Psalm 90:4

Translations

Modern

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

Traditional

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Literal

For a thousand years in your eyes are like a day past that passes, or a watch in the night.

Latin

Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos tamquam dies hesterna quæ præteriit: et custodia in nocte

Original

Hebrew

English

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

Notes

Psalms 90:3–6

Unlike God, humans are mortal and temporary.

Psalms 90:1–17

Although the Lord’s people have lived in him for many generations, their sin creates distance between them and their eternal Lord. The Lord’s anger against human sin can seem to last a lifetime. Even then, it is only a small sign of his full displeasure with sin. This sad situation leads the community to seek the Lord’s light.

The first step is to ask the Lord to restore them because of his compassion and faithful love (Psalm 90:13–14). He alone can make his servants glad. He alone can bless the generations that come after them (Psalm 90:16–17).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

2 Peter 3:8
Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Psalm 39:5
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
Matthew 24:43
But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 12:38
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
Matthew 14:25
During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

Glossary

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Topics

God: Eternity of Year: A Thousand, with the Lord is Like One Day

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