What does Psalm 90:4 mean?

Psalm 90:4 highlights themes such as eternity, time, perspective when read in context.

How should I apply Psalm 90:4 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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2 Peter 3:8
Both verses emphasize God's different perspective on time compared to humans.
Psalm 102:12
The eternal nature of God is highlighted in both passages.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Both verses reflect on God's eternal nature and the fleeting nature of human life.