A moment in scripture
Psalms 90:10
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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- Psalms 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
- Psalms 90:11
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
- Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.