Life & Wisdom

Psalm 90:1-12

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3 You turn men back to dust,
saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men."

4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.

5 You sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they are like the new grass of the morning-

6 though in the morning it springs up new,
by evening it is dry and withered.

7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.

8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.

9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.

10 The length of our days is seventy years—
or eighty, if we have the strength;
yet their span [a] is but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

11 Who knows the power of your anger?
For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.

12 Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

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1. We belong tp God exclusively (Ps 90:1-2)
2. Returning home is normal (Ps 90:3, Gen 3:19, Ecc 12:7)
3. Life on earth is a short visit (Ps 90:4-6)
4. Our lives are transparent before God (ps 90:7-9)
5. The content of life are trouble and sorrow (Ps 90:10, John 10:10, John 3:2)
6. Acknowledging God (Ps 90:11)
7. Use wisdom to measure life span (Ps 90:12, Luke 12:16-20)

Taken from sermons preached by Ps Colin @ Lighthouse Evangelsim