What does Psalm 90 verse 10 mean?

Answer 1

Hello

Psalm 90: 10 reads "The span of our life is 70 years, or 80 if one is especially strong."

Today, in many countries the general human life span remains within the range given by the psalmist. Our years are filled with "trouble and hurtful things". They pass quickly, " and away we fly." as explained in Job 14: 1,2.

James 4: 13-15 explain that we do not know what life will be like tomorrow, because we are mist that appears for a little while and then disappears. This is what our life is today.

However Genesis 5:1-31 reports people living up to more than 900 years. Why so? First of all Adam and Eve had the choice to live and never die. Read Genesis 2: 15-17 Adam knew that if he had not eaten from the tree of knowledge of good and bad he was going to live forever.

Genesis chapter 3 is mankind's history. that brought our life to only live 70/80 years which is very short compare those reported in Genesis 5: 1-31.

So Psalm 90: 10 is the reminder of how short life is.

Everlasting life for mankind is still part of God's purpose. Read John 17: 3 which reads" This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ".

1 John 4: 9 explains why Jesus came on earth " so we might gain life through him".

1John 5: 20 reads" We know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us insight ( mental perception; intellectual capacity) so we can gain knowledge of the one who is true. And we are in union with the one who is true, by means of his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life everlasting.

Adam and Eve left us an heredity which is death, but Jesus' death has given us the opportunity to live forever. The conditions to live forever have not changed. Read 1 Timothy 2: 4: " Whose will ( God's will ) is that all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man Christ Jesus.

1 John 5: 19 reminds us that the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one and Revelation 12: 9 explains who is the wicked one in these words. "the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth.

So we have the choice, God's influence that leads to everlasting life or Satan's influence that leads to the short life full of sufferings.

Jesus told us to pray for God's Kingdom to come in Matthew 6: 9,10, where God's will , will take place on earth.. Psalm 37: 9 and 29 shows that it is the righteous ones that will possess the earth and will live forever on it.

So we all have to make the right choice if we want the life we were meant to have in the first place

Kind regards

Answer 2

We as people don't live much longer than 80 years old, and time flies quickly on top of it. The good news is, that in the future Jehovah God will restore mankind to its peak potential, enabling them to live forever. (Psalm 37:29) This will happen after the wicked are all destroyed and the Earth has been restored. (Psalms 37:10-11; Proverbs 2:21-22)

Everlasting life is only possible because Jesus gave his life as a ransom for mankind. (John 3:16) This was used to undue what Adam had done, which is why our lifespan is so short to begin with. (Romans 5:12 & 18)

(New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures)

Answer 3

Psalm 90:10 states, "The length of our days is seventy years — or eighty, if we have the strength." This verse is highlighting the brevity and fragility of human life, emphasizing the importance of making the most of our time on Earth. It suggests that our time is limited and encourages us to seek wisdom in how we live our lives.

Answer 4

it means the years of our life are 70 or even by reason and strength 80 years. yet the span is hard work and trouble they are soon gone, and we fly away.