Psalms 90:4

90:4 Yes, in your eyes a thousand years

are like yesterday that quickly passes,

or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

Job 36:26

The Work and Wisdom of God

36:26 “Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge!

The number of his years is unsearchable.


tn Or “for.”

sn The divisions of the nighttime. The ancient Israelites divided the night into distinct periods, or “watches.”

tn The last part has the verbal construction, “and we do not know.” This clause is to be used adverbially: “beyond our understanding.”