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Life's Sobering Limits
Commentators agree that this verse establishes a general, shortened lifespan of 70-80 years. This is not a promise but a description of our fragile and brief existence. Even a life extended by "strength" to eighty years is often marked by "labor and sorrow." This realism is meant to counter our tendency to presume we have unlimited time and to encourage us to prepare for eternity.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 90:10
18th Century
Theologian
The days of our years - Margin, “As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years.” Perhaps the language would be better translated: …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 90:10
19th Century
Bishop
Yet is their strength ... —The Septuagint (and the Vulgate likewise) seems to have had a slightly different reading, which makes much bett…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 90:10
19th Century
Preacher
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; –
This was a gloomy fact to Moses, who lived to be a hundred and twenty years of…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 90:10
16th Century
Theologian
In the days of our years there are threescore years and ten. He again returns to the general doctrine concerning the precariousness of the…
John Gill
On Psalms 90:10
17th Century
Pastor
The days of our years are threescore years and ten
In the Hebrew text it is, "the days of our years in them are"
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 90:7–11
17th Century
Minister
The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the…