Psalm 90:4 {89:4}
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For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,

for

2 Peter 3:8 But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

is past.

Matthew 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.

Matthew 24:43 But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

Luke 12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. 4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,5Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.…
Cross References
2 Peter 3:8
But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Exodus 14:24
And now the morning watch was come, and behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.

Judges 7:19
And Gedeon, and the three hundred men that were with him, went into part of the camp, at the beginning of the midnight watch, and the watchmen being alarmed, they began to sound their trumpets, and to clap the pitchers one against another.

Psalm 39:5
Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

in Your sight
בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

a thousand
אֶ֪לֶף (’e·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

years
שָׁנִ֡ים (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

are but
כְּי֣וֹם (kə·yō·wm)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

a day
אֶ֭תְמוֹל (’eṯ·mō·wl)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 865: Heretofore, definitely yesterday

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

passes,
יַעֲבֹ֑ר (ya·‘ă·ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

or a watch
וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה (wə·’aš·mū·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 821: A night watch

of the night.
בַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (ḇal·lā·yə·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity


Additional Translations
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in Thine eyes are as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
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