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Psalm 90:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 90 · verse 3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.Psalm 90:3 · King James Version
Psalm 90:3 in context
1Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destructiondakkâʼcrushedH1793 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- turnestshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- sayestʼâmarto sayH559 →
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This psalm is entitled a prayer of Moses. Where, and in what volume, it was preserved from Moses's time till the collection of psalms was begun to be made, is uncertain; but, being divinely inspired, it was under a special protection: perhaps it was written in the book of Jasher, or the book of the wars of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6