# Psalm 90 📖: Teach Us to Number Our Days [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 89]] | [[Psalm 91]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### A prayer of Moses, the man of God. [[#Verse 01.]] O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations. [[#Verse 02.]] Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God. [[#Verse 03.]] You make mankind return to the dust, and say, “Return, O people.” [[#Verse 04.]] Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. [[#Verse 05.]] You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up: [[#Verse 06.]] In the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. [[#Verse 07.]] Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. [[#Verse 08.]] You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins. [[#Verse 09.]] Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. [[#Verse 10.]] The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away. [[#Verse 11.]] Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you. [[#Verse 12.]] So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely. [[#Verse 13.]] Turn back toward us, O Lord. How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants. [[#Verse 14.]] Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love. Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days. [[#Verse 15.]] Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble. [[#Verse 16.]] May your servants see your work. May their sons see your majesty. [[#Verse 17.]] May our Sovereign God extend his favor to us. Make our endeavors successful. Yes, make them successful. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Psalm 90 is the only psalm attributed to Moses, "the man of God." 2. If the heading is accurate, it is likely the oldest psalm in the collection. 3. Psalm 90 opens Book IV of the Psalms (Psalms 90 to 106). 4. Verse 4, a thousand years like a day, is echoed in 2 Peter 3:8. 5. Moses describes a normal life span as seventy years, or eighty for the strong (90:10). 6. Moses himself lived to 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7), but most of his generation died in the wilderness. 7. Many scholars think the psalm reflects Israel's forty years in the wilderness after their rebellion (Numbers 14). 8. "From everlasting to everlasting" (90:2) is one of the clearest statements of God's eternity in the Old Testament. 9. The comparison of life to grass that withers (90:5-6) appears again in Isaiah 40:6-8. 10. Isaac Watts's hymn "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" is a paraphrase of Psalm 90. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the eternal God who entered our short human life. The Lord has been our dwelling place in every generation (90:1-2), and Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I am" (John 8:58). Through Him our brief days gain eternal meaning (1 Corinthians 15:58). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. God is our dwelling place from generation to generation (90:1). How does knowing God is eternal steady you? 2. Moses asks God to teach us to number our days (90:12). How would you live differently if you counted your days more carefully? 3. The psalm ends by asking God to establish the work of our hands (90:17). What work do you want God to establish in your life? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verses 1-2: Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation; from eternity past to eternity future You are God. - 📖 verse 12: Teach us to consider our mortality so we can live wisely. - 📖 verse 17: May the Lord's favor rest on us and may He make our work last. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Deuteronomy 33#Verse 27.|Deuteronomy 33:27]] - The eternal God is your refuge. - 🔗 [[2 Peter 03#Verse 08.|2 Peter 3:8-9]] - A day is like a thousand years with the Lord. - 🔗 [[James 04#Verse 13.|James 4:13-15]] - Life is a mist that appears and vanishes. - 🔗 [[John 08#Verse 58.|John 8:58]] - Before Abraham was, I am. - 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 15#Verse 58.|1 Corinthians 15:58]] - Your labor in the Lord is not in vain. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 90- SOAP|Perspective is Everything]] ## 📂 Internal Notes