Psalms 90:3 - Exposition

Thou turnest man to destruction; or, "to dust" (comp. Genesis 3:19 ). And sayest, Return, ye children of men; i.e. "return once more, and replenish the earth." There may be an allusion to the destruction of mankind by the Deluge, and the repeopling of the earth by the descendants of Noah, as Dr. Kay supposes; or the meaning may be that God is continually bringing one generation of men to an end. and then setting up another, having the same control over human life that he has over inanimate nature ( Psalms 90:2 ).