Psalms 90:5 - Exposition

Thou carriest them away as with a flood. This verse is to be connected with Psalms 90:3 , "Thou sweepest mankind away;" i.e. removest them from the earth, when it pleases thee. They are as a sleep. Fantastic, vague, forgotten as soon as it is over. In the morning they are like grass which groweth up (comp. Psalms 37:2 ; Psalms 72:16 ; Psalms 92:7 ; Psalms 103:15 ; Isaiah 40:7 ).