The Meaning of Psalms 90:6 Explained

Psalms 90:6

KJV: In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

YLT: In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

Darby: In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

ASV: In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the morning  it flourisheth,  and groweth up;  in the evening  it is cut down,  and withereth. 

What does Psalms 90:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 90:1-17 - The Message Of The Passing Years
The majestic music of this great psalm separates it from all the rest. It is like the deep bass stop of a mighty organ. Moses' authorship is stamped upon it. It is worthy of the man who had seen God face to face.
Psalms 90:1-6. The transitoriness of human life is contrasted with the stability of God. He is the asylum and home of all the generations of mankind, Deuteronomy 33:27. The earth and its mountains the universe and its worlds, were born of Him; but He Himself had no origin, no beginning. Time is but a sigh, a breath, the swift rush of the mountain-torrent, a tale told by the camp-fire at night, the grass of a morning's growth.
Psalms 90:7-12. A wail is borne in these verses from the forty years of wanderings. The ceaseless succession of graves was the bitter harvest of Israel's rebellions. Oh, that we might apply our hearts to wisdom that we may not fail of God's rest!
Psalms 90:13-17. In the closing words Moses utters a sublime prayer which includes us all. Let us seek to do some good work before we go, and may our children be a nobler generation than ourselves! But all beauty of character and permanence of work must emanate from God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 90

1  Moses, setting forth God's providence
3  Complains of human fragility
7  Divine chastisement
10  and brevity of life
12  He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence

What do the individual words in Psalms 90:6 mean?

In the morning it flourishes and grows up in the evening it is cut down and withers
בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל וְיָבֵֽשׁ

בַּ֭בֹּקֶר  In  the  morning 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
יָצִ֣יץ  it  flourishes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צוּץ 
Sense: to blossom, shine, sparkle.
וְחָלָ֑ף  and  grows  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָלַף 
Sense: to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from.
לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב  in  the  evening 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.
יְמוֹלֵ֥ל  it  is  cut  down 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּל 
Sense: to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off.
וְיָבֵֽשׁ  and  withers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָבֵשׁ  
Sense: to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered.

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