Psalms 90:9 (GNV)

Passage

For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Psalms 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.

Psalms 90:9 For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.

Psalms 90:10 The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.

Psalms 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare is thine anger.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dayes", "past", "thine", "anger", "haue", "spent", "yeeres", and "thought". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dayes" and "past", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Thou hast set our iniquities before thee..." into verse 10's "The time of our life is threescore...", so "dayes" and "past" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "dayes" and "past" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.