You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”(A)
For in your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.(B)
You end their lives;[a] they sleep.(C)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

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Footnotes

  1. 90:5 Or You overwhelm them; Hb obscure

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(A)
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(B)
Yet you sweep people away(C) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:

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