{Book 4}
Psalm 90: This psalm is the only one written by Moses and thus the oldest in the Psalter. From (verses 7-12), we may judge that it was written at the end of the 38 years of wandering in the wilderness. It is a prayer for the new generation of Israelites who will enter the Promised Land. There are four parts to it speaks of judgment imposed by Yahweh on the people. Presumably, this refers to the experiences of the Israelites during the Exodus, when Yahweh punished them for their unfaithfulness. Why Is Psalm 91 Important During COVID-19? Psalms 91 is God’s way of telling us that whoever runs to him and seeks his divine protection will be saved from calamity and destruction. When we pray the words of this psalm it becomes a powerful shield of protection from fear. Psalm 90 conveys a sense of Weltschmerz, a feeling of melancholy, apathy, and world-weariness. The poem acknowledges the inherent futility to life, such that “we finish our years with a moan.”. Whether we live eighty, ninety, or even a hundred years, “yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, / for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”.
Psalm Chapter 90:1-17
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Father God, I thank You and praise You for each day of my life and for the opportunities that You have given me to live a life, as unto You. May each day of my life, from this day forward, be exercised in a way that is adhere and pleasing to You, so that in all I say and do You may be Thanked, Praised, honored and glorified, in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse}
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12
Have a wonderful day full of blessings, love, joy and peace.
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