Psalms 90:5

Psa 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.

Ver. 5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ] Suddenly, violently, irresistibly, by particular judgments, besides that general necessity of dying once, Hebrews 9:27 . This is set forth by a treble comparison, of floods, sleep, and flowers here; and indeed the vanity and misery of man’s life is such, as cannot sufficiently be set forth by any similitudes. See Psalms 90:9-10 .

They are as a sleep ] Or dream; the dream of a shadow ( σκιας οναρ ), saith Pindarus, the shadow of smoke, saith another.

They are like grass ] An ordinary comparison, Isa 40:6 Jam 1:10-11