Psalms 90:8

"For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath."

Key Reflection

In the psalmist's time, divine anger and wrath were vividly real concepts, often depicted as literal manifestations of divine displeasure, such as natural disasters or military defeats. The people would have understood that their lives could be consumed by God’s wrath in an immediate and profound way, reflecting the intense fear and vulnerability felt before a powerful deity who could bring judgment swiftly and dramatically.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee -Thou hast arrayed them, or brought them forth to view, as a “reason” in thy mind for cutting us down. Death may be regarded as proof that God has brought before his mind the evidence of man’s guilt, and has passed sentence accordingly. The fact of death at all; the fact that anyone of the race dies; the fact that human life has been made so brief, is to be explained on the supposition that God has arrayed before his own mind the reality of human depravity, and has adopted this as an illustration of his sense of the evil of guilt. Our secret sins -literally, “our secret;” or, that which was concealed or unknown.

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