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Themes in Psalm 90

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Themes in Psalm 90

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Psalm 90:1 (show verse)

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, You have been our

dwelling place in all generations.

Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Habitation
Time » The difference between the lordâ€™s time and our time

Psalm 90:2 (show verse)

Before the mountains were born

Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

Change » The lord never changing
the Earth » God » Formed
God » Is declared to be » Eternal
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ existing before all things
Time » The difference between the lordâ€™s time and our time
World » The lord creating the world

Psalm 90:3 (show verse)

You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”

Man » God » Turns, to destruction
Time » The difference between the lordâ€™s time and our time

Psalm 90:4 (show verse)

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,

Or as a watch in the night.

Time » The difference between the lordâ€™s time and our time
Year » A thousand, with the lord is like one day

Psalm 90:5 (show verse)

You have swept them away like a flood, they

fall asleep;

In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Flood » References to
Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
Grass » Figurative
natural Life » Is compared to » A sleep
Man » A social being » As grass
Man » Compared to » A sleep
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass

Psalm 90:6 (show verse)

In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;
Toward evening it fades and withers away.

Grass » Figurative
Man » A social being » As grass
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass

Psalm 90:7 (show verse)

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Afflictions » From God
Anger of God » Manifested in judgments and afflictions
Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
Trials » From God

Psalm 90:8 (show verse)

You have placed our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
Secret sins » Warnings against
Sin » Secret sins
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Sin » Described as » Sometimes secret
Sins » Secret » Warnings against

Psalm 90:9 (show verse)

For all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.

Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent
natural Life » Is compared to » A tale told
Time » Brevity of » Only a handbreadth in extent

Psalm 90:10 (show verse)

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

human Limitations » Man subject to » Time limited
Man » Limitations of » Time limited
Man » Ordinary limit of his life
the things that are Transient » Power » Life

Psalm 90:11 (show verse)

Who understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

Anger of God » To be dreaded

Psalm 90:12 (show verse)

So teach us to number our days,
That we may

present to You a heart of wisdom.

death » Preparation for
natural Death » Pray to be prepared for
Exhortations » Special » To redeem the time
The Heart » Should be » Applied unto wisdom
natural Life » Shortness of, should lead to spiritual improvement
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » For wisdom
Redeeming the time » How secured » By realizing the brevity of life
Time » Redeeming the » By realizing the brevity of life
Wisdom » True wisdom, general references to » Prayer for

Psalm 90:13 (show verse)

Do return, O Lord; how long will it be?
And be sorry for Your servants.

Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
Trials » Sometimes prolonged

Psalm 90:14 (show verse)

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Afflictions, Prayer During » For restoration to joy

Psalm 90:15 (show verse)

Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the years we have seen evil.

Afflictions, Prayer During » For restoration to joy

Psalm 90:16 (show verse)

Let Your work appear to Your servants
And Your majesty to their children.

Glory » Of God » Saints desire to behold
God, Glory of » Saints desire to behold

Psalm 90:17 (show verse)

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And

confirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

Beauty » Spiritual
hands » Saints blessed in the work of