You (A)turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
For (B)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like (C)yesterday when it passes by,
[a]Or as a (D)watch in the night.
You (E)have [b]swept them away like a flood, they [c](F)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like (G)grass which [d]sprouts anew.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:4 Or And
  2. Psalm 90:5 Or flooded
  3. Psalm 90:5 Lit become asleep
  4. Psalm 90:5 Or passes away

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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