Psalms 90:5-6

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 90

3 songs meet this passage

  • “All my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity”

    Dust In the Wind · Kansas

    resonates with Psalms 90:5-6

    The psalmist likewise compares human life to grass that withers, a fleeting vapor before God's eternity.

  • “So many people have come and gone”

    More Than a Feeling · Boston

    resonates with Psalms 90:5-6

    The fleeting nature of relationships and years described here parallels the psalmist's meditation on how quickly people and seasons pass like grass.

  • Here With Me · d4vd

    resonates with Psalms 90:5-6

    The imagery of fleeting life ('float off') echoes the psalmist's picture of human life as brief as grass that withers.

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