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Psalm 90:10
World English Bible
Psalm 90:10
World English Bible
10 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.
Psalm 90:10
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Psalm 90:10
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
10 The days of our years are [a]threescore years and ten (seventy years)—or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride [in additional years] only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.
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- Psalm 90:10 This psalm is credited to Moses, who is interceding with God to remove the curse which made it necessary for every Israelite over twenty years of age (when they rebelled against God at Kadesh-barnea) to die before reaching the promised land (Num. 14:26-35). Moses says most of them are dying at seventy years of age. This number has often been mistaken as a set span of life for all mankind. It was not intended to refer to anyone except those Israelites under the curse during that particular forty years. Seventy years never has been the average span of life for humanity. When Jacob, the father of the twelve tribes, had reached 130 years (Gen. 47:9), he complained that he had not attained to the years of his immediate ancestors. In fact, Moses himself lived to be 120 years old, Aaron 123, Miriam several years older, and Joshua 110 years of age. Note as well that in the Millennium a person dying at 100 will still be thought a child (Isa. 65:20).
Psalm 90:12
World English Bible
Psalm 90:12
World English Bible
12 So teach us to count our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Psalm 90:12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
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