...them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities...

...them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. —and the later, sadly canonical "the days of our years are threescore years and ten" (Psalm 90.10)....

...caliph? Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. Thou turnest man to destruction. [He is] like grass. ... In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. We spend our years as a tale that is told, says the psalmist. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. ......

...them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and vvithereth. —and the later, sadly canonical "the days of our years are threescore years and ten"...

...the Preacher. Thou turnest man to destruction. [He is] like grass. ... In the morning it flourished!, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. We spend our years as a tale that is told, says the psalmist. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. ......

...appreciate the allusions to humankinds mortality: "They are like grass which in the morning flourishetl! and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." But the words, "The days of our years are three score and ten," probably did not resonate with most...

...them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities...

...them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath we are troubled. Thou has set our iniquities before...

...them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth . . . For all our days are passed away in thy wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told.' 'You've...

...His people, with the finiteness of human beings, their brevity of life compared to grass (verse 6): "In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." Given the unexpected duration and severity of the war, Lincoln alludes to Psalms 90 to counter the...