19 Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You (A)destroy a man’s hope.

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19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(A) wash away the soil,(B)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(C)

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You (A)have [a]swept them away like a flood, they [b](B)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like (C)grass that [c]sprouts anew.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:5 Or flooded
  2. Psalm 90:5 Lit become asleep
  3. Psalm 90:5 Or passes away

Yet you sweep people away(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:

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Behold, the Lord has a strong and (A)mighty agent;
As a storm of (B)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of (C)mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.

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See, the Lord has one who is powerful(A) and strong.
    Like a hailstorm(B) and a destructive wind,(C)
like a driving rain and a flooding(D) downpour,
    he will throw it forcefully to the ground.

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26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not [a]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell and the [b]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:26 Lit do them
  2. Matthew 7:27 Lit rivers

26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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