Teach Us to Number Our Days (Psalm 90, Part 1)

In His grace God will deliver us. May we number our days in His presence. As we seek refuge in God we can lift our hearts to our resurrected Lord—our mediator and reconciler.

Humans Transitory; God Eternal (verses 1-6)

¹Lord, you have been our dwelling place

       throughout all generations.
²Before the mountains were born

      or you brought forth the whole world,

            from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

³You turn people back to dust,

         saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
⁴A thousand years in your sight are like a day

      that has just gone by,

            or like a watch in the night.

⁵Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—

      they are like the new grass of the morning:
⁶In the morning it springs up new,

      but by evening it is dry and withered.

While we are finite and fragile, our Creator is eternal and self-sustaining. We go through time; God inhabits eternity. The Creator and Ruler of the universe is our “dwelling place.” We are His to command; He is ours to enjoy. The God we serve has given us an everlasting reward.

Thank You, Eternal God, for You are our dwelling place. With our brief lives on this earth we want to praise You. Before You had formed the earth, You are God.

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