Psalms 90:10 meaning and explanation
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Psalms 90:10, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses, the traditional author of this prayer, speaks honestly about human frailty. In the surrounding verses he has described God as eternal while people return to dust, and here he names a typical lifespan: seventy years, or eighty for the strong.
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