Psalms

Psalm 90:4–5

⁴For in Your sight a thousand years

are but a day that passes,^a

or a watch of the night.

⁵You sweep them away in their sleep;

they are like the new grass of the morning—

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
in Your sight	בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ	bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
a thousand	אֶ֪לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular construct	H505 thousand
years	שָׁנִ֡ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
are but	כְּי֣וֹם	kə·yō·wm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
a day	אֶ֭תְמוֹל	’eṯ·mō·wl	Adverb	H865 heretofore, yesterday
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
passes	יַעֲבֹ֑ר	ya·‘ă·ḇōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
or a watch	וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה	wə·’aš·mū·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H821 watch
of the night	בַלָּֽיְלָה׃	ḇal·lā·yə·lāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You sweep them away	זְ֭רַמְתָּם	zə·ram·tām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H2229 pour forth in floods, flood away
in their sleep	שֵׁנָ֣ה	šê·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8142 sleep
they are	יִהְי֑וּ	yih·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the new grass	כֶּחָצִ֥יר	ke·ḥā·ṣîr	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2682 green grass, herbage
of the morning	בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר	bab·bō·qer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning

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Psalm 90:4 2 Peter 3:8 · Psalm 39:5 · Matthew 24:43 · Luke 12:38 · Matthew 14:25

Psalm 90:5 Isaiah 40:6 · Psalm 103:15–16 · Psalm 73:20 · 1 Peter 1:24 · Job 22:16 · Job 27:20–21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.