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Psa 90:9 — For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

For		Psa 78:33
passed		"Heb. turned. we spend. The Vulgate has, Anni nostri sicut aranea mediatabuntur, ""Our years pass away like those of the spider."" Our plans and operations are like the spider's web. Life is as frail, and the thread of it as brittle, as one of those which constitute the well-wrought and curious, but fragile habitation of that insect. All the Versions have the word spider, but it is not found in any Hebrew MSS., or edition yet collated. The Hebrew might be rendered, ""We consume our lives with a groan,"" kemo hegeh."
a tale		Heb. a meditation. Psa 90:4; Psa 39:5

Correlating Passages

For

Psa 78:33

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

a tale

	Psa 90:4	For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
	Psa 39:5	Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 90:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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