Psalms 90:9

For: Psalms 78:33

passed: Heb. turned

we spend: The Vulgate has, Anni nostri sicut aranea mediatabuntur, "Our years pass away like those of the spider." Our plans and operations are like the spider's web. Life is as frail, and the thread of it as brittle, as one of those which constitute the well-wrought and curious, but fragile habitation of that insect. All the versions have the word spider, but it is not found in any Hebrew manuscripts, or edition yet collated. The Hebrew might be rendered, "We consume our lives with a groan," kemo hegeh.

a tale: Heb. a meditation, Psalms 90:4, Psalms 39:5

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:28 - As truly Deuteronomy 2:14 - until all the generation 1 Chronicles 29:15 - our days Job 5:7 - man Job 7:8 - thine eyes Job 9:25 - they flee away Psalms 90:7 - For we Ecclesiastes 1:4 - One generation Ecclesiastes 2:3 - all Ecclesiastes 12:3 - strong 1 John 2:17 - the world