Psalms 90:10
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 90 connects to 10 cross-references. A prayer of Moses — the only psalm attributed to him — meditating on God's eternity contrasted with human frailty. Before the mountains were brought forth, God is from everlasting. A thousand years are like a watch in the night. …
Other Translations
The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
Days of our years, in them <FI>are<Fi> seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet <FI>is<Fi> their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.
The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
Cross References
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few …
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural …
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what …
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a …
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way …
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after …
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave …