Psalms 90

I just read this verse for my Bible study tonight and was SO inspired I wanted to share it with you. Please don't skip over it as I often do when I see a long Biblical quote (I know, it's terrible!). I've highlighted the phrases that meant the most to me.

Psalm 90

BOOK IV : Psalms 90-106

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

¹ Lord, you have been our dwelling place

throughout all generations.

² Before the mountains were born

or you brought forth the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

³ You turn men back to dust,

saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men."

⁴ For a thousand years in your sight

are like a day that has just gone by,

or like a watch in the night.

⁵ You sweep men away in the sleep of death;

they are like the new grass of the morning-

⁶ though in the morning it springs up new,

by evening it is dry and withered.

⁷ We are consumed by your anger

and terrified by your indignation.

⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,

our secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹ All our days pass away under your wrath;

we finish our years with a moan.

¹⁰ The length of our days is seventy years—

or eighty, if we have the strength;

yet their span is but trouble and sorrow,

for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

¹¹ Who knows the power of your anger?

For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.

¹² Teach us to number our days aright,

that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹³ Relent, O LORD! How long will it be?

Have compassion on your servants.

¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,

that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

for as many years as we have seen trouble.

¹⁶ May your deeds be shown to your servants,

your splendor to their children.

¹⁷ May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;

establish the work of our hands for us—

yes, establish the work of our hands.

My "Quest Study Bible" added the additional notes which were so inspiring to me, especially as a stay at home mom where much of what I do seems mundane.

"How does God establish the work of our hands?

He takes our efforts and gives us success and hope, infusing even the mundane with eternal value."