Psalms 90:9

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{ "verseID": "Psalms.90.9", "source": "כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃", "text": "For all *yāmênû* *pānû* in your *ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*; we *killînû* our *šānênû* like *hegeḥ*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḵol-yāmênû*": "masculine singular construct + masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - all our days", "*pānû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - turn away/decline", "*ḇĕʿeḇrāṯêḵā*": "preposition + feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your wrath", "*killînû*": "piel perfect, 1st plural - we finish/complete/consume", "*šānênû*": "feminine plural + 1st plural suffix - our years", "*ḵĕmô-hegeḥ*": "preposition + masculine singular - like a sigh/moan/sound" }, "variants": { "*pānû*": "turn away/decline/end", "*ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*": "your wrath/your fury/your overflow of anger", "*killînû*": "we finish/we complete/we spend/we consume", "*hegeḥ*": "sigh/moan/sound/whisper/thought/meditation" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃

Transliteration

For all yāmênû pānû in your ʿeḇrāṯêḵā; we killînû our šānênû like hegeḥ.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ḵol-yāmênû*: masculine singular construct + masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - all our days
• *pānû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - turn away/decline
• *ḇĕʿeḇrāṯêḵā*: preposition + feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your wrath
• *killînû*: piel perfect, 1st plural - we finish/complete/consume
• *šānênû*: feminine plural + 1st plural suffix - our years
• *ḵĕmô-hegeḥ*: preposition + masculine singular - like a sigh/moan/sound

Word Meanings

• *pānû*: turn away/decline/end
• *ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*: your wrath/your fury/your overflow of anger
• *killînû*: we finish/we complete/we spend/we consume
• *hegeḥ*: sigh/moan/sound/whisper/thought/meditation

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a sigh.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437} in thy wrath:{H5678} We bring{H3615} our years{H8141} to an end{H1899} as a sigh.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437}{H8804)} in thy wrath{H5678}: we spend{H3615}{H8765)} our years{H8141} as a tale{H1899} that is told.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For when thou art angrie, all or dayes are gone, we brynge or yeares to an ende, as it were a tayle that is tolde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Psalms.78.33", "source": "וַיְכַל־בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃", "text": "*wə-yəkal* in-*hahebel* *yəmêhem* and-*šənōtām* in-*bahehālāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-yəkal*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he consumed/finished", "*hahebel*": "article + masculine singular noun - the vanity/futility", "*yəmêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their days", "*šənōtām*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their years", "*bahehālāh*": "preposition + article + feminine singular noun - in the terror/sudden terror" }, "variants": { "*yəkal*": "consumed/finished/brought to an end", "*hahebel*": "vanity/breath/emptiness/futility", "*bahehālāh*": "terror/sudden terror/dismay/alarm" } }
• Ps 90:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.90.4", "source": "כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּי֣וֹם אֶ֭תְמוֹל כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃", "text": "For *ʾelep̄* *šānîm* in *ʿênêḵā* like *yôm* *ʾeṯmôl* when it *yaʿăḇōr*, and *ʾašmûrâ* in *lāylâ*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾelep̄*": "masculine singular - thousand", "*šānîm*": "feminine plural - years", "*bĕʿênêḵā*": "preposition + feminine dual + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your eyes", "*kĕyôm*": "preposition + masculine singular - like day", "*ʾeṯmôl*": "adverb - yesterday", "*kî*": "conjunction - when/for", "*yaʿăḇōr*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - passes/passes away", "*wĕʾašmûrâ*": "conjunction + feminine singular - and watch/night watch", "*ballāylâ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular - in the night" }, "variants": { "*ʾelep̄ šānîm*": "thousand years/millennium", "*ʿênêḵā*": "your eyes/your sight/your perspective", "*ʾeṯmôl*": "yesterday/recent past", "*yaʿăḇōr*": "passes/passes away/has passed", "*ʾašmûrâ*": "watch/night watch/period of night guard duty (about 4 hours)", "*lāylâ*": "night/darkness" } }
• Ps 39:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.39.5", "source": "הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה־הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה־חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי׃", "text": "*hôdîʿēnî* *YHWH* *qiṣṣî* and-*middat* *yāmay* what-*hîʾ* *ʾēdəʿāh* what-*ḥādēl* *ʾānî*", "grammar": { "*hôdîʿēnî*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - make me know", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD", "*qiṣṣî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my end", "*middat*": "noun, feminine singular construct with prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and the measure of", "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular with interrogative 'mah' - what is it", "*ʾēdəʿāh*": "verb, qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - let me know", "*ḥādēl*": "adjective with interrogative 'meh' - how transient/frail", "*ʾānî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I (am)" }, "variants": { "*hôdîʿēnî*": "cause me to know/make me know/inform me", "*qiṣṣî*": "my end/limit/boundary", "*middat*": "measure/extent/proportion", "*yāmay*": "my days/lifetime", "*ʾēdəʿāh*": "let me know/understand/perceive", "*ḥādēl*": "transient/frail/fleeting/ceasing" } }