1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Psalms 89:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,

For, et. This thought naturally tends to convert the sinner. --- Watch. Consisting of three hours, (Berthier) which were of unequal length, according to the seasons. (Calmet) --- A thousand years seem not so long to God. (Haydock) --- What then must be the short life of man? See Job 7:8. (Calmet) --- None ever lived one thousand years. Yet what would that be, compared with eternity? (Worthington)