Old bare granite ranges of the Sinai wilderness low in the frame under a pale empty sky, one dry tuft of grass on a rock in front.

Lament · Moses

Psalm 90

The oldest voice in the book. For the day you count the years and feel how few they are.

17 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reignsPsalm 90
107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last Hallelujah

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place

through all generations.

Before the mountains were born

or You brought forth the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting

You are God.

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Low cairns of desert stone on a bare slope under flat gray overcast, one small bird lifting off the nearest cairn.

For we are consumed by Your anger

and terrified by Your wrath.

You have set our iniquities before You,

our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

For all our days decline in Your fury;

we finish our years with a sigh.

The length of our days is seventy years—

or eighty if we are strong—

yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,

for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

A shepherd's weathered hands moving small river pebbles from one little heap to another on a flat stone, a clay lamp beside them.

Who knows the power of Your anger?

Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

So teach us to number our days,

that we may present a heart of wisdom.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12

Reflect

Count them

If you really counted your days, what would you stop doing? What would you start?

Return, O LORD! How long will it be?

Have compassion on Your servants.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion,

that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us,

for as many years as we have seen evil.

An old farmer's hands setting a stone in a dry-stone terrace wall while a small boy's hands pass him the next one.

May Your work be shown to Your servants,

and Your splendor to their children.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;

establish for us the work of our hands—

yes, establish the work of our hands!

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A verse to carry with you

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12

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