Psalms 90:13

"So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

Key Reflection

This verse encourages us to understand the brevity and fragility of life, urging us to use each day wisely in seeking God's wisdom. By recognizing our limited time, we are prompted to seek a truly wise heart that fears the Lord and lives meaningfully.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Return, O Lord -Come back to thy people; show mercy by sparing them. It would seem probable from this that the psalm was composed in a time of pestilence, or raging sickness, which threatened to sweep all the people away - a supposition by no means improbable, as such times occurred in the days of Moses, and in the rebellions of the people when he was leading them to the promised land. How long? -How long shall this continue? How long shall thy wrath rage? How long shall the people still fall under thy hand? This question is often asked in the Psalms.Psalms 4:2;Psalms 6:3;Psalms 13:1-2;Psalms 35:17;Psalms 79:5, et al.

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