Psalms

Psalm 90:10–12

¹⁰The length of our days is seventy years —

or eighty if we are strong —

yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,

for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knows the power of Your anger?

Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

¹²So teach us to number our days,

that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The length of our days	יְמֵֽי־	yə·mê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
is seventy	שִׁבְעִ֪ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
years	שָׁנָ֡ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
or eighty	שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים	šə·mō·w·nîm	Number - common plural	H8084 an eighty
if we are strong	וְאִ֤ם	wə·’im	Conjunction	H518 if
yet their pride	וְ֭רָהְבָּם	wə·rā·hə·bām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7296 pride
is but labor	עָמָ֣ל	‘ā·māl	Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
and sorrow	וָאָ֑וֶן	wā·’ā·wen	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they quickly	חִ֝֗ישׁ	ḥîš	Adverb	H2440 quickly
pass	גָ֥ז	ḡāz	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1468 pass over, away
and we fly away	וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃	wan·nā·‘u·p̄āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural; third person feminine singular	H5774 fly

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
knows	י֭וֹדֵעַ	yō·w·ḏê·a‘	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3045 know
the power	עֹ֣ז	‘ōz	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5797 strength, might
of Your anger	אַפֶּ֑ךָ	’ap·pe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
Your wrath	עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃	‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5678 overflow, arrogance, fury
matches the fear You are due	וּ֝כְיִרְאָתְךָ֗	ū·ḵə·yir·’ā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3374 fear

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	כֵּ֣ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
teach us	הוֹדַ֑ע	hō·w·ḏa‘	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H3045 know
to number	לִמְנ֣וֹת	lim·nō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4487 count, number, reckon, assign
our days	יָ֭מֵינוּ	yā·mê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H3117 day
that we may present	וְ֝נָבִ֗א	wə·nā·ḇi	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
a heart	לְבַ֣ב	lə·ḇaḇ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
of wisdom	חָכְמָֽה׃	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 90:10 James 4:14 · Psalm 78:39 · 2 Samuel 19:35 · Genesis 47:9 · Deuteronomy 34:7 · 1 Kings 1:1 · Job 24:24 · Job 14:10 · Ecclesiastes 12:2–7 · Isaiah 38:12

Psalm 90:11 Nahum 1:6 · Isaiah 33:14 · Leviticus 26:24

Psalm 90:12 Ephesians 5:16–17 · Psalm 39:4 · John 9:4 · Deuteronomy 32:29 · Proverbs 4:7 · Proverbs 3:13–18 · Proverbs 23:12 · Proverbs 16:16 · Ecclesiastes 9:10 · Luke 12:35–40 · Proverbs 4:5 · Proverbs 18:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.