读经 诗篇 90:17 愿主我们神的荣美归于我们身上。愿你坚立我们手所做的工； 我们手所做的工，愿你坚立。 Psalm 90:17 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.

PSALM 90 “SONG OF THE HEART SEEKING ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE” Songs of the Heart

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”

“… God exists timelessly without the universe with a timeless intention to create a universe with a beginning. He exercises His causal power, and time as a result comes into being, along with the first state of the universe, and God freely enters into time. It all happens co- incidentally, that is, together at once.” William Lane Craig

I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) “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.”

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) – We lament because our lives are short.

“Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind. Now, don’t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away, and all your money won’t another minute buy. Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.” “Dust In The Wind” by Kansas

“Here is the history of the grass—sown, grown, blown, mown, gone; and the history of man is not much more.” Charles Spurgeon 1834 – 1892

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) – We lament because our lives are short. – We lament because sin makes our lives sorrowful.

Hebrews 12:5-11, “And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17) “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.”

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17) - to teach us to number our days

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Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17) -teach us to number our days -satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed)

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17) -teach us to number our days -satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed) -observe the deeds and splendor of God

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17) -teach us to number our days -satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed) -observe the deeds and splendor of God Job 23:8-9 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.”

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” I.Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2) II.Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10) III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17) -teach us to number our days -satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed) -observe the deeds and splendor of God -Let God establish the work of our hands

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” Conclusion – Moses begins the psalm with a reflection on God’s eternality. – He then expresses his thoughts about the sorrows and brevity of human life. – He expresses his distress concerning human sinfulness and the resulting anger of God. – Moses concludes the psalm with a plea that God would have compassion and enable His people to live lives having lasting significance.

Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance” Conclusion If we learn to wisely number our days by living each day for God… If we learn to wisely number our days by living each day for God… If we learn to satisfy ourselves daily with God’s “unfailing love” … If we learn to satisfy ourselves daily with God’s “unfailing love” … If we learn to behold the deeds and splendor of God that surrounds our lives… If we learn to behold the deeds and splendor of God that surrounds our lives… If we learn to allow God to establish the work of our hands… If we learn to allow God to establish the work of our hands… …then our short, sorrowful, sinful lives take on eternal significance.