Psalms 90: Teach Us to Count Our Days

Psalm 90 is a Prayer by Moses, the man of God, as the title says. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. A thousand years in God's sight are like yesterday. Our lives pass quickly like grass. So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness. Establish the work of our hands.

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¹ A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Psalms 90 · Preschool

God Is Forever

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Color the mountains and the grass. God was here before the mountains!

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Bible Verse

“Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.”

Psalms 90:2 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

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Read the verse aloud. Say: God was here before the mountains were made. He will be here forever! Let's stretch tall like a mountain.

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Psalms 90 · Grade 4

From Everlasting to Everlasting

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Read and Think

The title of Psalm 90 calls it a Prayer by Moses, the man of God. It opens Book IV of the Psalms. It is the only psalm whose title names Moses. It begins with God's eternity. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

Then it turns to our shortness of life. For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday. People sprout like grass in the morning and wither by evening. The psalm says most lives last seventy or eighty years and pass quickly. Moses also admits that our secret sins are in the light of God's presence. In the New Testament, Peter echoes verse 4 (2 Peter 3:8).

Knowing life is short leads to a wise prayer. So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Moses asks God to satisfy us in the morning with his loving kindness, so we can be glad all our days. He ends, Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands.

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What part of the Psalms does Psalm 90 open?
How long does the psalm say people usually live?
Which New Testament writer echoes verse 4?
What does counting our days lead to?

Word Bank Fill-In

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The title of Psalm 90 calls it a Prayer by Moses, the man of .
Before the were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
For a years in your sight are just like yesterday.
People sprout like in the morning and wither by evening.
The psalm says most lives last seventy or eighty and pass quickly.

Think About It

If life is short, what do you want to spend your days doing?
What work of your hands would you like God to establish?

Memory Verse

“Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.”

Psalms 90:2 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being our home forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How does 2 Peter 3:8 echo this psalm?
Why does Moses mention secret sins?

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Psalms 90 · Grade 5

Establish the Work of Our Hands

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Read and Think

Psalm 90 bears the title, A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. It opens Book IV of the Psalter and is the only psalm attributed to Moses. It contrasts God's eternity with human frailty. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. God is not only eternal but also a home for his people.

Human life, by contrast, is brief. You turn man to destruction, saying, Return, you children of men. A thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. In the New Testament, Peter applies this to the timing of the Lord's return (2 Peter 3:8). People are like grass that sprouts in the morning and withers by evening. Moses connects this frailty with sin: You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

The response is not despair but prayer. So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Moses asks God to relent, to satisfy us in the morning with his loving kindness, and to make us glad for as many days as we have been afflicted. The final request gives lasting meaning to short lives: Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

Show What You Know

What two things does the psalm contrast?
How does Peter apply verse 4?
What does Moses connect human frailty with?
How can short lives gain lasting meaning?

Crossword

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The ____ of our years are seventy.
In the morning they sprout like new ____.
Before the ____ were born.

Down

That we may gain a ____ of wisdom.
Or even by reason of strength eighty ____.

Think About It

What would it look like to count your days wisely this week?
Why does Moses ask for loving kindness in the morning?

Memory Verse

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.”

Psalms 90:17 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being our home forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

What task would you ask God to bless in your life?
Moses said few understand the power of God's anger. How should a right fear of God shape your daily choices?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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God Is Forever

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God Is Our Home

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Count Our Days

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God Is Forever

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A Heart of Wisdom

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From Everlasting to Everlasting

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Establish the Work of Our Hands

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