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Psalm 90

Psa. 90:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou carriest them away as with a flood
zaram (Hebrew #2229)
to gush (as water)
KJV usage: carry away as with a flood, pour out.
Pronounce: zaw-ram'
Origin: a primitive root
; they are as a sleep
shehah (Hebrew #8142)
from 3462; sleep
KJV usage: sleep.
Pronounce: shay-naw'
Origin: or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}
: in the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
they are like grass
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
w which μgroweth up
chalaph (Hebrew #2498)
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
KJV usage: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
Pronounce: khaw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 40:6• 6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry?--All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field. (Isa. 40:6)
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is changed.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou.
Job 9:26• 26They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey. (Job 9:26)
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Job 22:16• 16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; (Job 22:16)
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Job 27:20‑21• 20Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
 21The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place. (Job 27:20‑21)
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Isa. 8:7‑8• 7therefore behold, the Lord will bring up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall mount up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
 8and he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow it and go further, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel! (Isa. 8:7‑8)
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Jer. 46:7‑8• 7Who is this that riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
 8It is Egypt that riseth up as the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers; and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. (Jer. 46:7‑8)
as a sleep.
Psa. 73:20• 20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. (Psa. 73:20)
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Isa. 29:7‑8• 7And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her and her fortifications, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
 8It shall even be as when the hungry dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; and he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when the thirsty dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; and he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul craveth: so shall the multitude of all the nations be that war against mount Zion. (Isa. 29:7‑8)
morning.
Psa. 103:15‑16• 15As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. (Psa. 103:15‑16)
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Isa. 40:6• 6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry?--All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field. (Isa. 40:6)
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James 1:10‑11• 10and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.
 11For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings. (James 1:10‑11)
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1 Peter 1:24• 24Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen; (1 Peter 1:24)
groweth up.
or, is changed.
• A world that seems to be established forever is carried away by a flood. (“Psalms 90” by H. Smith)
• With all their brave show of glory and power, men perish like grass. (“Psalms 90” by H. Smith)
• As to man in time, He sets man aside with a word, and restores him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 90-93” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass that groweth up: