Read Psalm 90:1-6 & 13-17

Read Psalm 90:1-6 & 13-17

O Lord, you have always been our home.

²     Before you created the hills

or brought the world into being,

you were eternally God,

and will be God for ever.

³     You tell us to return to what we were;

you change us back to dust.

⁴     A thousand years to you are like one day;

they are like yesterday, already gone,

like a short hour in the night.

⁵     You carry us away like a flood;

we last no longer than a dream.

We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

⁶           that grow and burst into bloom,

then dry up and die in the evening.

¹³   How much longer will your anger last?

Have pity, O Lord, on your servants!

¹⁴   Fill us each morning with your constant love,

so that we may sing and be glad all our life.

¹⁵   Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us

during all our years of misery.

¹⁶   Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds;

let our descendants see your glorious might.

¹⁷   Lord our God, may your blessings be with us.

Give us success in all we do!

Think

The Psalmist compares God's eternal existence with our brief life of 70-80 years on Earth: "We last no longer than a dream." (Vs 5).

He speaks about the difficulty of life and then he writes verse 14 - asking God to fill us with his love so that we would cope - even through the difficult days.

Pray

Verse 14:

"Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life."

(The Psalmist prays in the plural - not just for himself, but for the whole community.)

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⁴ 90.4: 2 P 3:8