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Psalm 90:5

World English Bible

You sweep them away as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new grass.

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Psalm 90:5 in other translations

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Psalm 90:5 · American Standard Version

Psalm 90:5 in context

  1. 3You turn man to destruction, saying,
    “Return, you children of men.”
  2. 4For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past,
    like a watch in the night.
  3. 5You sweep them away as they sleep.
    In the morning they sprout like new grass.
  4. 6In the morning it sprouts and springs up.
    By evening, it is withered and dry.
  5. 7For we are consumed in your anger.
    We are troubled in your wrath.