Psalms 90:12
So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
In Context
11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
13Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Cross References
Job 28:28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Proverbs 4:7The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
Proverbs 8:32And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
Proverbs 18:1He that separateth himself seeketh [his] pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:8-12
Penitent Submission. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even… Read the whole commentary →