Psalms 90 Summary

The psalmist declares that God has been mankind's dwelling place in all generations, existing from everlasting before the mountains were formed. God turns man to destruction, reminding him to return, for a thousand years in God's sight are as yesterday and as a watch in the night. Men are carried away as by a flood, like sleep or grass that grows in morning and withers by evening. God's anger consumes men and His wrath troubles them, for He sets their secret sins in the light of His countenance. The days of our years are threescore and ten, or fourscore, yet they are labor and sorrow, soon cut off. The psalmist petitions God to teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, asking God to satisfy His people early with mercy and establish the work of their hands.