Psalms

Psalm 90:5–7

⁵You sweep them away in their sleep;

they are like the new grass of the morning—

⁶in the morning it springs up new,

but by evening it fades and withers.

⁷For we are consumed by Your anger

and terrified by Your wrath.

Word by word

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
in the morning	בַּ֭בֹּקֶר	bab·bō·qer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
it springs up	יָצִ֣יץ	yā·ṣîṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6692 blossom
new	וְחָלָ֑ף	wə·ḥā·lāp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H2498 pass on or away, pass through
by evening	לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב	lā·‘e·reḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6153 (sun)set, evening
it fades	יְמוֹלֵ֥ל	yə·mō·w·lêl	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4135 circumcise
and withers	וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃	wə·yā·ḇêš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we are consumed	כָלִ֥ינוּ	ḵā·lî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
by Your anger	בְאַפֶּ֑ךָ	ḇə·’ap·pe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
and terrified	נִבְהָֽלְנוּ׃	niḇ·hā·lə·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H926 alarm, dismay
by Your wrath	וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥	ū·ḇa·ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2534 heat, rage

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

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

Psalm 90:6 Job 14:2 · Psalm 92:7 · Matthew 6:30 · James 1:11

Psalm 90:7 Psalm 39:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.