For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is… — Psalm 90:4 · Skopia

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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

In the original Hebrew

כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּיֹ֣ום אֶ֭תְמֹול כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃

Psalm 90:4

450 BC

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God and time Nature of time

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Religious literature

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450 BC Old Testament Era

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 90:4).

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