Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 90:9

"For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh." — Psalms 90:9 (ASV)

Are passed away. —Better, are declining.

A tale. —Rather, a murmur. (See Note, Psalms 1:2). Probably, from the parallelism with wrath, a moan of sadness. So in Ezekiel 2:10, a sound of woe. Since the cognate verb often means “meditate,” some render here thought. Theognis says,

“Gallant youth speeds by like a thought.”