Psalms 90:4 meaning and explanation
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
Psalms 90:4, Berean Standard Bible
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The psalm is titled a prayer of Moses, and the speaker addresses God directly, contrasting God's eternal nature with human frailty. Verse 4 continues that contrast: what feels to us like an immense span of time, a thousand years, is before God no more than a single day, or even one of the night watches into which ancient Israel divided the dark hours.
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