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Psalms 90:4
Psalms 90:4 is verse 4 of Psalms chapter 90, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
See 2 Peter 3:8.
King James Version
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
World English Bible
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
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Psalms 90:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Matthew 14:25During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 12:38Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.