Psalms 90:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Thou turnest man to destruction - literally, to the state of being crushed to pieces х dakaa' (H1793)] Genesis 3:19 is alluded to here, as the next words prove.

And sayest, Return, ye children of men - i:e., return to your original state. "Unto dust shalt thou return" (Psalms 104:29; Psalms 103:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7). To explain "return" as referring to a return to life would not suit the connection, which has reference only to man's speedy mortality.

Psalms 90:3

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