Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men." — Psalms 90:3 (ASV)
You turn ... —Probably, we should interpret this as, You turn man to dust; and say, Turn, sons of Adam — i.e., one generation dies and another succeeds , the continuance of the race being regarded as distinctly due to Divine power, similar to the Creation, to which there is probably an allusion.
The Septuagint suggests as the true reading, “Turn not man to dust, but say rather,” etc.