Lord, you have been our dwelling place
through generation to generation.
Before the mountains were born,
or you had formed the earth
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Isaac Watts
Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
Psalm 90:3–6
You turn man back to dust
and say “Return, O children of man.”
For a thousand years in your eyes
is like yesterday that went by
or like a watch period in the night.
You sweep them away to death’s sleep
They are like the new grass grown up in the morning
In the morning it is fresh and grows up,
by the evening it is withered and dry.
Psalm 90:7–11
Yes, we are consumed by your anger,
and by your wrath we are terrified.
You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
All our days pass away under your wrath,
we finish our years with a moan.
The length of our days is seventy years,
or if we have strength, eighty;
yet their best is but trouble and oppression;
for they quickly pass and we fly away.
Who knows the strength of your anger
and your fury is what causes fear.
Psalm 90:12
Teach us to count our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Relent O Lord, How long?
and have compassion on your servants!
Anger turned to Compassion
Who knows the strength of your anger
and your fury is what causes fear.
Teach us to count our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Relent O Lord, How long?
and have compassion on your servants!
Our Response to v.12: Teach us to count our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:13–17
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all of our days.
May your deeds be shown to your servants,
and your splendour to their children.
May the delight of the Lord our God rest upon us,
and establish the work of our hands for us,
yes, establish the work of our hands.