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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Berean's Corner, the podcast where we go
through books of the Biblechapter by chapter and verse by
verse, wherever you are in theworld.
Thank you for joining.
Grab a glass of water, a cup ofcoffee or tea and let's to
Berean's Corner.
Open up your Bible to Psalm 90.
(00:38):
Psalm 90.
Now some of you may be thinking,especially if you haven't been
with me from the beginning andgone through this thing in
chronological order.
You may be thinking didn't youjust do numbers 15?
How do we get to Psalm 90?
Well, let me explain.
If you've been with me for awhile, you know that I mentioned
that we are going to go throughthe Bible chronologically,
(01:01):
meaning that we're going to gothrough the bible through the
books, through the chapters, inthe way that that the events
actually actually happen, whichbrings the story alive for you.
So we do go through certainbooks.
Like certain books you kind ofgo straight through, like we did
with exodus, for an example.
So from the beginning to theend of exodus, those events
(01:22):
happen in those orders.
But if you remember, if you goback to Genesis, we started out
in Genesis the Tower of Babelhappened and after that we went
into Job.
Why?
Because Job was happeningaround the exact same time that
the Lord called Abraham out ofUr to Chaldees.
So what's happening here isthat everything is going in
(01:42):
chronological order.
So what's happening here isthat everything is going in
chronological order.
And if you just happen to belooking up Psalms 91 day and you
just want to hear someone gothrough it, and you came to this
, what I would encourage you todo over here at Berean's Corner
is to go back to the beginning.
And there's a reason why Inumber each lesson Number one,
number two, number 50, number 51is because we want to go in
chronological order.
(02:02):
So today we are at Psalm 90,and this is a prayer of Moses.
This is after the events ofNumbers 15.
So, as we usually do, we willhave our reader come up and read
and then we will get into thelesson, psalm 90, and let's read
.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Psalm 90.
Lord, you have been ourdwelling place throughout all
generations, before themountains were born or you
brought forth the earth and theworld.
From everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
You turn men back to dust,saying Return to dust, o.
Sons of men, for a thousandyears in your sight are like a
(02:41):
day that has just gone by, orlike a watch in the night.
You sweep men away in the sleepof death.
They are like the new grass ofthe morning, though in the
morning it springs up new, byevening it is dry and withered.
We are consumed by your angerand terrified by your
(03:03):
indignation.
You have set our iniquitiesbefore you, our secret sins.
In the light of your presence.
All our days pass away underyour wrath.
We finish our years with a moan.
The length of our days isseventy years, or eighty if we
have the strength.
Yet their span is but troubleand sorrow, for they quickly
(03:28):
pass and we fly away.
Who knows the power of youranger, for your wrath is as
great as the fear that is due.
You Teach us to number our daysaright, that we may gain a
heart of wisdom.
Relent, o Lord, how long willit be?
(03:48):
Have compassion on yourservants.
Satisfy us in the morning withyour unfailing love, that we may
sing for joy and be glad allour days.
Make us glad for as many daysas you have afflicted us, for as
(04:09):
many years as we have seentrouble.
May your deeds be shown to yourservants, your splendor to
their children.
May the favor of the lord, ourgod, rest upon us.
Establish the work of our handsfor us.
Yes, establish the work of ourhands all right now.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
As I mentioned, the title of this lesson is god's
eternity and man's transistorturretness.
Now, the last time we weretogether, we looked at the laws
of canaan, which included thelaws regarding the sojourner and
the laws of the Sabbath.
Today we are looking at aprayer of Moses here in Psalm 90
.
Now, this is the oldest Psalmin scripture.
(04:50):
There are 150 Psalms in total.
Some think that the Psalms arepart of one book.
Sometimes you see it inparticular, depending on the
Bible you're reading, it'll saylike book one and book two, but
most think that this is part ofone book.
But the Psalms are spread outover the rest of the Old
Testament, with the first beinghere right after Numbers 15.
(05:12):
Let's look at what Martin Luthersaid about this remarkable
Psalm that we're about to getinto.
Quoting Martin Luther, just asMoses acts in teaching the law,
so does he in this Psalm, for hepreaches death, sin and
condemnation in order that hemay alarm the proud who are
secure in their sins, and thathe may set before their eyes
(05:33):
their sin and evil.
Now, before we get into thispsalm psalm 90, the first time
that we're covering I want to doa little breakdown of Psalms as
a whole.
Now I thought about doing aseparate uh you know lesson on
an intro to Psalm, but I figuredI would just get right into it
right here and I'm gonna kind ofmix my intro, if you will, or
(05:57):
introduction, with giving you alittle bit about what the Psalms
are about.
Now there are different authorsin the book of Psalms right Now
.
I've already told you this.
One right here is Moses.
But there are different authorsand I would like to go over
some of those right now.
Author number one we want totalk about is David.
(06:17):
David is the main author of thePsalms, and historical books of
the Bible clearly agree to thefact that he wrote and organized
music for worship in thesanctuary.
We see this in 2 Samuel 22,verses 1 through 51.
We also see that in 1Chronicles 6, verses 7 through
36.
David is specifically creditedwith writing 73 of the Psalms.
(06:38):
It is also speculated thatDavid may have been the one who
wrote many other Psalms that donot have specific authorship.
You'll notice that some of thePsalms won't have an author
behind it.
We do not know that.
Most of the other writings wereclosely associated with David
right.
So we know that David wrotequite a few of the Psalms.
You know, luke specificallytalks about David writing Psalm
(07:00):
16 and Psalm 110.
You know Luke talked about thatin Acts, chapter 2.
The second author we want totalk about is Asaph.
Asaph was the head of David'schoir in Jerusalem.
We see this in First Chronicles, chapter 6, verse 39.
We also see it in FirstChronicles, chapter 15 and
chapter 16.
Asaph wrote Psalm 50 and hewrote Psalms you know believed
(07:25):
to be 73 to 83, for a total of12 Psalms.
So it's believed Asaph wroteabout 12 Psalms.
Third would be the sons of Korah.
The sons of Korah wereKorathite Levites who were
highly honored by King David.
They were also chief templeservants at the time of Hezekiah
.
You can can read about that in2 Chronicles 20.
(07:46):
These sons of Korah wereLevitical singers who wrote,
primarily during the captivityand here's some books
specifically titled to the sonsof Korah Psalm 42, 44-49, 84, 85
, 87, 89, for a total of 11psalms.
(08:09):
Fourth would be Solomon,david's son.
It is said that Solomon wrotePsalm 72 and 127, so it's
believed that Solomon wrote atotal of two Psalms.
Next would be Moses.
Moses specifically stated thathe wrote Psalm 90, the one that
we are going through today.
Then we have Ethan.
(08:30):
It says that Ethan wrote Psalm89, and Ethan was an Ezraite.
Okay, now in the Septuagint, itis believed that they claim
that Jeremiah wrote Psalm 131and that Haggai and Zechariah
collectively wrote Psalms 138,146, 147, and 148.
(08:50):
So, as you can tell, there area number of authors who have
been credited writing this bookof psalms.
Now I want to give you some ofthe classifications in the psalm
.
So, depending on what kind ofbible you use, you will see a
title where it says somethinglike psalm 90, a psalm of so and
so.
So, for right here, let me grabmy bible I'm using'm using
(09:12):
right here, psalm 90.
It says a prayer of Moses, theman of God.
So my Bible is telling you thatMoses is the author of this
Psalm.
But you will also see otherlittle subscription, uh,
scriptures excuse me in some ofthe Psalms after you read the
chapter.
So I'm going to give you someexample.
We're going to go through someof the various titles that some
(09:33):
of these psalms have, and thisis all everything I have.
To the best of my knowledge, uh,you will see it.
Sometimes it will say adjaleethhash shahar, which is a psalm
of the dawn.
That's like psalm 22.
You will sometimes see alamoth,which is a psalm related to
maidens, young, young unmarriedwomen.
You will see it sometimes sayat the chef, which is a
(09:59):
destroyed, not psalm, examplePsalms 57, 58, 59 to 75.
Geteth is a psalm of the winepresses for feasts or
tabernacles.
You will find that in Psalms 8,81 and 84.
Higgagon is a Psalm ofmeditation.
We see this in Psalm 9, 19 and92.
(10:23):
Judithan, the personal name ofone of the three chief musicians
, psalm 39, 62 and 77.
Janeth, elam Rahakim, a Psalmof the dove in a far off tree,
psalm 56.
Mahalep, a Psalm of the greatdance.
We see this in Psalm 53.
Mahalep, a Psalm of great dancein the shawl.
(10:45):
We see that in Psalm 88.
Miskul you'll see that quite abit is an instruction.
We see this in Psalm 74 and 78.
Miktan is a poem of gold thatis engraved.
We see this in Psalm 74 and 78.
Mictan is a poem of gold thatis engraved.
We see it in Psalms 56 through60.
Mesmar is a psalm to be sungwith musical instruments Psalm 6
, for an example.
Mut'laden is a psalm of thedeath of a champion or a son.
(11:10):
We see it in Psalm 9.
Selah is in Psalms and it meansstop, consider and think.
You will see that quite a bitafter some of the Psalms
Sigolion, a Psalm of a loud cryand a regular ode, for example,
psalm 7, sure is a song.
We see that in Psalm 30, 66, 67, the word song is sure.
(11:33):
Shushanan is a Psalm of springfestival or lilies.
We see that in Psalm 80.
Tifala is a prayer.
We see that in Psalm 17.
And then we have Tihala, notTifala like we just read, but
Tihala is a praise.
(11:54):
We see that in Psalm 145, andthat is only used once, but it
is a hebrew title of psalm.
So I did all of that to giveyou an example of the psalms,
because when you're reading thepsalms yourself, you may have
wondered at times okay, what isthis miscal, or what is this?
You know?
Uh, this and that, where itdoesn't give a particular name.
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So now you have an idea of thepsalm.
So when we go through the bookof psalms, when we go through
the other 149 after this, youwill have an idea.
Now back to today's lesson,which is psalm 90.
We will break this psalm downinto four parts.
Part number one God iseverlasting to everlasting.
Actually, I am going to keepyour finger right here in Psalm
(12:37):
90, if you, if you want to, youcan go back with me to Numbers
15.
Remember, I said this cameafter Numbers 15, so what we're
going to do is we're going toput it right in this context.
So, if you want to turn back toNumbers 15 and I'm going to
start at Numbers 15.
And I'm reading verses 38 to 41.
And then we're going to go rightinto Psalm 90 to show how this
(12:59):
prayer came about Numbers 15,verse 38.
Speak to the sons of Israel andtell them that they shall make
for themselves tassels on thecorners of their garments
throughout their generations,and that they shall put the
tassels of each corner a cord ofblue, and it shall be a tassel
for you to look at and rememberall the commandments of the Lord
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, so as to do them and notfollow after your own heart and
your own eyes, after which youplayed the harlot, in order that
you may remember to do all mycommandments and be holy to your
God.
I am the Lord, your God, whobrought you out from the land of
Egypt to be your God.
I am the Lord, your God.
Right to Psalm 90, verse 1through 2.
(13:41):
Right after that Moses wentright into this prayer Lord,
thou hast been our dwellingplace in all generations, before
the mountains were born, wherethou dost give birth to the
earth and the world.
Even from everlasting toeverlasting, thou art God.
So Moses is starting this Psalmout by giving it's a prayer,
(14:02):
but he's starting out by givingpraise to the Lord.
Then we move on to part two.
Man's time on earth is short.
We see this in verses three tosix.
Thou dost turn back unto dustand dost say return.
O children of men for athousand years in thy sight are
like yesterday when it passes by, or as a watch in the night.
(14:25):
Thou has swept them away like aflood.
They will fall asleep in themorning.
They are like grass withsprouts anew.
In the morning it flourishesand sprouts anew.
Towards evening it fades andwithers away.
What is he talking about?
He's talking about that's us.
Our time is short on this earth.
Sometimes we look at you knowpeople who sometimes live a good
(14:46):
long life.
88, I would say about 88 to 100, that's a good long life and
full of years.
But the Lord is saying thatwhen you really look at it in
the scheme of things, in the bigpicture of things.
It's really a short time.
We move on to part three.
The reasons, man, time is shortis because of sin.
We see this in verses 7 to 12,for we have been consumed by
(15:11):
thine anger and by thy wrath.
We have been dismayed.
Who is he talking about?
The lord, thine anger, the lordthou, has placed our iniquities
before thee, our secret sins,in the light of thy presence.
What is he saying here?
There, there are no secret sinsto the lord.
The lord knows all for all.
Our days have declined in thyfury.
(15:33):
We have finished our years likea sigh.
As for the day of our life,they contain 70 years or, if due
to strength, 80 years.
Yet their pride is but laborand sorrow.
For soon it is gone and we flyaway Still talking about how
(15:55):
short our time is here becauseof our sin.
Who understands the power ofthine anger and thy fury,
according to the fear that isdue thee?
Ok, who understands, lord?
We don't.
We don't understand it.
Verse 12.
So teach us to number our daysthat we may present to thee a
heart of wisdom.
Teach us to number our days.
Take each day as a blessing,take each day precious and
(16:16):
remember that that day could beyour last day.
Now I want to look at, uh, goback, I want to look at verse 8
one more time.
Thou has placed our iniquitybefore thee, our secret sins, in
the light of thy presence onceagain.
He knows of all of our secretsins, right?
He knows of the things that wedo in the dark places.
(16:37):
As a matter of fact, hementions this in one more place.
Keep your finger right here, uh, in psalm 90, and go to psalm
139.
Real quick, psalm 139.
Let me illustrate the pointthat he brings this up again,
about, uh, about our secret sin.
Psalm 139, verse 1.
Oh, lord, thou has searched meand known me.
(16:58):
Thou dost know when I sit downand when I rise up.
Drop down to verse 12.
Even the darkness is not darkto thee, and the night is as
bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike tothee.
What is he?
What is he saying right there?
Even the darkness is not darkto thee.
So even when we do things inthe dark, it's not dark to the
(17:18):
Lord.
We are hiding from other people.
We do things.
You know what does thescripture say?
Those who do their, they do itat night.
We do our evil at nighttimebecause you think nobody can see
us.
But nighttime is like daytimeto the Lord.
You can't hide from him.
And even in the daytime, whenit's bright, his wisdom, his
eyes shine even brighter.
He sees everything.
(17:39):
We will move on to part four.
But there is good news forsinful man God can still bless
you.
We see this in verses 13through 17,.
Back in Psalm 90, 13 to 17.
Do return, o Lord.
How long will it be?
And be sorry for thy servants,o, sanctify us in the morning
with thy loving kindness, thatwe may sing for joy and be glad
(18:02):
all our days.
Make us glad according to thedays thou has afflicted us in
the years we have seen evil.
Yes, we have let thy workappear to thy servants and thy
majesty to thy children.
And let the favor of the lord,our god, be upon us and do
confirm for us the work of ourhands.
(18:23):
Yes, confirm the work of ourhands.
God can still bless even sinfulmen, you and I, even in our sin
.
He can still bless us.
Now, he doesn't want us to stayin our sin.
He does not want us to stay inour evil, but when we're willing
to come up out of it, he canstill bless.
Bless us All right.
That brings us to the end ofPsalm 90, moses prayer.
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I hope that you got somethingout of this lesson.
As always, continue to pray forme to stay steadfast in the
work, because our time is short.
On this earth, the clouds areforming every single day.
You see something to let usknow that the Lord is near, and
near to the Lord could beanother hundred years from now.
Lord could be another 100 yearsfrom now.
It could be another 80 yearsfrom now, but it could also be
another 80 or even 80 days fromnow, and I will continue to pray
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for you as well.
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Welcome to Berean's Corner, the podcast where we go
through books of the Biblechapter by chapter and verse by
verse, wherever you are in theworld.
Thank you for joining.
Grab a glass of water, a cup ofcoffee or tea and let's to
Berean's Corner.
Open up your Bible to Psalm 90.
(00:38):
Psalm 90.
Now some of you may be thinking,especially if you haven't been
with me from the beginning andgone through this thing in
chronological order.
You may be thinking didn't youjust do numbers 15?
How do we get to Psalm 90?
Well, let me explain.
If you've been with me for awhile, you know that I mentioned
that we are going to go throughthe Bible chronologically,
(01:01):
meaning that we're going to gothrough the bible through the
books, through the chapters, inthe way that that the events
actually actually happen, whichbrings the story alive for you.
So we do go through certainbooks.
Like certain books you kind ofgo straight through, like we did
with exodus, for an example.
So from the beginning to theend of exodus, those events
(01:22):
happen in those orders.
But if you remember, if you goback to Genesis, we started out
in Genesis the Tower of Babelhappened and after that we went
into Job.
Why?
Because Job was happeningaround the exact same time that
the Lord called Abraham out ofUr to Chaldees.
So what's happening here isthat everything is going in
(01:42):
chronological order.
So what's happening here isthat everything is going in
chronological order.
And if you just happen to belooking up Psalms 91 day and you
just want to hear someone gothrough it, and you came to this
, what I would encourage you todo over here at Berean's Corner
is to go back to the beginning.
And there's a reason why Inumber each lesson Number one,
number two, number 50, number 51is because we want to go in
chronological order.
(02:02):
So today we are at Psalm 90,and this is a prayer of Moses.
This is after the events ofNumbers 15.
So, as we usually do, we willhave our reader come up and read
and then we will get into thelesson, psalm 90, and let's read
.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Psalm 90.
Lord, you have been ourdwelling place throughout all
generations, before themountains were born or you
brought forth the earth and theworld.
From everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
You turn men back to dust,saying Return to dust, o.
Sons of men, for a thousandyears in your sight are like a
(02:41):
day that has just gone by, orlike a watch in the night.
You sweep men away in the sleepof death.
They are like the new grass ofthe morning, though in the
morning it springs up new, byevening it is dry and withered.
We are consumed by your angerand terrified by your
(03:03):
indignation.
You have set our iniquitiesbefore you, our secret sins.
In the light of your presence.
All our days pass away underyour wrath.
We finish our years with a moan.
The length of our days isseventy years, or eighty if we
have the strength.
Yet their span is but troubleand sorrow, for they quickly
(03:28):
pass and we fly away.
Who knows the power of youranger, for your wrath is as
great as the fear that is due.
You Teach us to number our daysaright, that we may gain a
heart of wisdom.
Relent, o Lord, how long willit be?
(03:48):
Have compassion on yourservants.
Satisfy us in the morning withyour unfailing love, that we may
sing for joy and be glad allour days.
Make us glad for as many daysas you have afflicted us, for as
(04:09):
many years as we have seentrouble.
May your deeds be shown to yourservants, your splendor to
their children.
May the favor of the lord, ourgod, rest upon us.
Establish the work of our handsfor us.
Yes, establish the work of ourhands all right now.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
As I mentioned, the title of this lesson is god's
eternity and man's transistorturretness.
Now, the last time we weretogether, we looked at the laws
of canaan, which included thelaws regarding the sojourner and
the laws of the Sabbath.
Today we are looking at aprayer of Moses here in Psalm 90
.
Now, this is the oldest Psalmin scripture.
(04:50):
There are 150 Psalms in total.
Some think that the Psalms arepart of one book.
Sometimes you see it inparticular, depending on the
Bible you're reading, it'll saylike book one and book two, but
most think that this is part ofone book.
But the Psalms are spread outover the rest of the Old
Testament, with the first beinghere right after Numbers 15.
(05:12):
Let's look at what Martin Luthersaid about this remarkable
Psalm that we're about to getinto.
Quoting Martin Luther, just asMoses acts in teaching the law,
so does he in this Psalm, for hepreaches death, sin and
condemnation in order that hemay alarm the proud who are
secure in their sins, and thathe may set before their eyes
(05:33):
their sin and evil.
Now, before we get into thispsalm psalm 90, the first time
that we're covering I want to doa little breakdown of Psalms as
a whole.
Now I thought about doing aseparate uh you know lesson on
an intro to Psalm, but I figuredI would just get right into it
right here and I'm gonna kind ofmix my intro, if you will, or
(05:57):
introduction, with giving you alittle bit about what the Psalms
are about.
Now there are different authorsin the book of Psalms right Now
.
I've already told you this.
One right here is Moses.
But there are different authorsand I would like to go over
some of those right now.
Author number one we want totalk about is David.
(06:17):
David is the main author of thePsalms, and historical books of
the Bible clearly agree to thefact that he wrote and organized
music for worship in thesanctuary.
We see this in 2 Samuel 22,verses 1 through 51.
We also see that in 1Chronicles 6, verses 7 through
36.
David is specifically creditedwith writing 73 of the Psalms.
(06:38):
It is also speculated thatDavid may have been the one who
wrote many other Psalms that donot have specific authorship.
You'll notice that some of thePsalms won't have an author
behind it.
We do not know that.
Most of the other writings wereclosely associated with David
right.
So we know that David wrotequite a few of the Psalms.
You know, luke specificallytalks about David writing Psalm
(07:00):
16 and Psalm 110.
You know Luke talked about thatin Acts, chapter 2.
The second author we want totalk about is Asaph.
Asaph was the head of David'schoir in Jerusalem.
We see this in First Chronicles, chapter 6, verse 39.
We also see it in FirstChronicles, chapter 15 and
chapter 16.
Asaph wrote Psalm 50 and hewrote Psalms you know believed
(07:25):
to be 73 to 83, for a total of12 Psalms.
So it's believed Asaph wroteabout 12 Psalms.
Third would be the sons of Korah.
The sons of Korah wereKorathite Levites who were
highly honored by King David.
They were also chief templeservants at the time of Hezekiah
.
You can can read about that in2 Chronicles 20.
(07:46):
These sons of Korah wereLevitical singers who wrote,
primarily during the captivityand here's some books
specifically titled to the sonsof Korah Psalm 42, 44-49, 84, 85
, 87, 89, for a total of 11psalms.
(08:09):
Fourth would be Solomon,david's son.
It is said that Solomon wrotePsalm 72 and 127, so it's
believed that Solomon wrote atotal of two Psalms.
Next would be Moses.
Moses specifically stated thathe wrote Psalm 90, the one that
we are going through today.
Then we have Ethan.
(08:30):
It says that Ethan wrote Psalm89, and Ethan was an Ezraite.
Okay, now in the Septuagint, itis believed that they claim
that Jeremiah wrote Psalm 131and that Haggai and Zechariah
collectively wrote Psalms 138,146, 147, and 148.
(08:50):
So, as you can tell, there area number of authors who have
been credited writing this bookof psalms.
Now I want to give you some ofthe classifications in the psalm
.
So, depending on what kind ofbible you use, you will see a
title where it says somethinglike psalm 90, a psalm of so and
so.
So, for right here, let me grabmy bible I'm using'm using
(09:12):
right here, psalm 90.
It says a prayer of Moses, theman of God.
So my Bible is telling you thatMoses is the author of this
Psalm.
But you will also see otherlittle subscription, uh,
scriptures excuse me in some ofthe Psalms after you read the
chapter.
So I'm going to give you someexample.
We're going to go through someof the various titles that some
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of these psalms have, and thisis all everything I have.
To the best of my knowledge, uh,you will see it.
Sometimes it will say adjaleethhash shahar, which is a psalm
of the dawn.
That's like psalm 22.
You will sometimes see alamoth,which is a psalm related to
maidens, young, young unmarriedwomen.
You will see it sometimes sayat the chef, which is a
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destroyed, not psalm, examplePsalms 57, 58, 59 to 75.
Geteth is a psalm of the winepresses for feasts or
tabernacles.
You will find that in Psalms 8,81 and 84.
Higgagon is a Psalm ofmeditation.
We see this in Psalm 9, 19 and92.
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Judithan, the personal name ofone of the three chief musicians
, psalm 39, 62 and 77.
Janeth, elam Rahakim, a Psalmof the dove in a far off tree,
psalm 56.
Mahalep, a Psalm of the greatdance.
We see this in Psalm 53.
Mahalep, a Psalm of great dancein the shawl.
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We see that in Psalm 88.
Miskul you'll see that quite abit is an instruction.
We see this in Psalm 74 and 78.
Miktan is a poem of gold thatis engraved.
We see this in Psalm 74 and 78.
Mictan is a poem of gold thatis engraved.
We see it in Psalms 56 through60.
Mesmar is a psalm to be sungwith musical instruments Psalm 6
, for an example.
Mut'laden is a psalm of thedeath of a champion or a son.
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We see it in Psalm 9.
Selah is in Psalms and it meansstop, consider and think.
You will see that quite a bitafter some of the Psalms
Sigolion, a Psalm of a loud cryand a regular ode, for example,
psalm 7, sure is a song.
We see that in Psalm 30, 66, 67, the word song is sure.
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Shushanan is a Psalm of springfestival or lilies.
We see that in Psalm 80.
Tifala is a prayer.
We see that in Psalm 17.
And then we have Tihala, notTifala like we just read, but
Tihala is a praise.
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We see that in Psalm 145, andthat is only used once, but it
is a hebrew title of psalm.
So I did all of that to giveyou an example of the psalms,
because when you're reading thepsalms yourself, you may have
wondered at times okay, what isthis miscal, or what is this?
You know?
Uh, this and that, where itdoesn't give a particular name.
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So now you have an idea of thepsalm.
So when we go through the bookof psalms, when we go through
the other 149 after this, youwill have an idea.
Now back to today's lesson,which is psalm 90.
We will break this psalm downinto four parts.
Part number one God iseverlasting to everlasting.
Actually, I am going to keepyour finger right here in Psalm
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90, if you, if you want to, youcan go back with me to Numbers
15.
Remember, I said this cameafter Numbers 15, so what we're
going to do is we're going toput it right in this context.
So, if you want to turn back toNumbers 15 and I'm going to
start at Numbers 15.
And I'm reading verses 38 to 41.
And then we're going to go rightinto Psalm 90 to show how this
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prayer came about Numbers 15,verse 38.
Speak to the sons of Israel andtell them that they shall make
for themselves tassels on thecorners of their garments
throughout their generations,and that they shall put the
tassels of each corner a cord ofblue, and it shall be a tassel
for you to look at and rememberall the commandments of the Lord
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, so as to do them and notfollow after your own heart and
your own eyes, after which youplayed the harlot, in order that
you may remember to do all mycommandments and be holy to your
God.
I am the Lord, your God, whobrought you out from the land of
Egypt to be your God.
I am the Lord, your God.
Right to Psalm 90, verse 1through 2.
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Right after that Moses wentright into this prayer Lord,
thou hast been our dwellingplace in all generations, before
the mountains were born, wherethou dost give birth to the
earth and the world.
Even from everlasting toeverlasting, thou art God.
So Moses is starting this Psalmout by giving it's a prayer,
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but he's starting out by givingpraise to the Lord.
Then we move on to part two.
Man's time on earth is short.
We see this in verses three tosix.
Thou dost turn back unto dustand dost say return.
O children of men for athousand years in thy sight are
like yesterday when it passes by, or as a watch in the night.
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Thou has swept them away like aflood.
They will fall asleep in themorning.
They are like grass withsprouts anew.
In the morning it flourishesand sprouts anew.
Towards evening it fades andwithers away.
What is he talking about?
He's talking about that's us.
Our time is short on this earth.
Sometimes we look at you knowpeople who sometimes live a good
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long life.
88, I would say about 88 to 100, that's a good long life and
full of years.
But the Lord is saying thatwhen you really look at it in
the scheme of things, in the bigpicture of things.
It's really a short time.
We move on to part three.
The reasons, man, time is shortis because of sin.
We see this in verses 7 to 12,for we have been consumed by
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thine anger and by thy wrath.
We have been dismayed.
Who is he talking about?
The lord, thine anger, the lordthou, has placed our iniquities
before thee, our secret sins,in the light of thy presence.
What is he saying here?
There, there are no secret sinsto the lord.
The lord knows all for all.
Our days have declined in thyfury.
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We have finished our years likea sigh.
As for the day of our life,they contain 70 years or, if due
to strength, 80 years.
Yet their pride is but laborand sorrow.
For soon it is gone and we flyaway Still talking about how
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short our time is here becauseof our sin.
Who understands the power ofthine anger and thy fury,
according to the fear that isdue thee?
Ok, who understands, lord?
We don't.
We don't understand it.
Verse 12.
So teach us to number our daysthat we may present to thee a
heart of wisdom.
Teach us to number our days.
Take each day as a blessing,take each day precious and
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remember that that day could beyour last day.
Now I want to look at, uh, goback, I want to look at verse 8
one more time.
Thou has placed our iniquitybefore thee, our secret sins, in
the light of thy presence onceagain.
He knows of all of our secretsins, right?
He knows of the things that wedo in the dark places.
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As a matter of fact, hementions this in one more place.
Keep your finger right here, uh, in psalm 90, and go to psalm
139.
Real quick, psalm 139.
Let me illustrate the pointthat he brings this up again,
about, uh, about our secret sin.
Psalm 139, verse 1.
Oh, lord, thou has searched meand known me.
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Thou dost know when I sit downand when I rise up.
Drop down to verse 12.
Even the darkness is not darkto thee, and the night is as
bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike tothee.
What is he?
What is he saying right there?
Even the darkness is not darkto thee.
So even when we do things inthe dark, it's not dark to the
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Lord.
We are hiding from other people.
We do things.
You know what does thescripture say?
Those who do their, they do itat night.
We do our evil at nighttimebecause you think nobody can see
us.
But nighttime is like daytimeto the Lord.
You can't hide from him.
And even in the daytime, whenit's bright, his wisdom, his
eyes shine even brighter.
He sees everything.
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We will move on to part four.
But there is good news forsinful man God can still bless
you.
We see this in verses 13through 17,.
Back in Psalm 90, 13 to 17.
Do return, o Lord.
How long will it be?
And be sorry for thy servants,o, sanctify us in the morning
with thy loving kindness, thatwe may sing for joy and be glad
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all our days.
Make us glad according to thedays thou has afflicted us in
the years we have seen evil.
Yes, we have let thy workappear to thy servants and thy
majesty to thy children.
And let the favor of the lord,our god, be upon us and do
confirm for us the work of ourhands.
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Yes, confirm the work of ourhands.
God can still bless even sinfulmen, you and I, even in our sin
.
He can still bless us.
Now, he doesn't want us to stayin our sin.
He does not want us to stay inour evil, but when we're willing
to come up out of it, he canstill bless.
Bless us All right.
That brings us to the end ofPsalm 90, moses prayer.
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I hope that you got somethingout of this lesson.
As always, continue to pray forme to stay steadfast in the
work, because our time is short.
On this earth, the clouds areforming every single day.
You see something to let usknow that the Lord is near, and
near to the Lord could beanother hundred years from now.
Lord could be another 100 yearsfrom now.
It could be another 80 yearsfrom now, but it could also be
another 80 or even 80 days fromnow, and I will continue to pray
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for you as well.
I appreciate you all very much.
That is all for now, god bless.
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