Psalm 90:1-17
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a. A petition for a
ESV 90:12 So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
LSB 90:12 - So teach us to number our days, That we may present (or gain, bring in) to You a heart of wisdom.
CSB 90:12 - Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
b. A wise heart knows who
90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
“The answer to the child’s question of “Who made God?” is simply that God did not need to be made, for he was always there. He exists forever, and he is always the same. He does not grow older. His life does not wax or wane. He does not gain new powers nor lose those that he once had. He does not mature or develop. He does not get stronger, or weaker, or wiser, as time goes by.” - J. I. Packer, Knowing God (p.77)
c. A wise heart knows who
3 You return man to dust
and say, “Return, O children of man!”
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
or as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.
d. A wise heart knows God’s
7 For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
e. A wise heart knows man’s
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?
f. A Petition for wise
12 So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be shown to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!
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A new heart? (Suggested reading: Gospel of John, John Piper Finally Alive)
More Wisdom? (Suggested reading: Isaiah 6, Proverbs, James, RC Sproul the Holiness of God)