Psalms 90:12
How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
13Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Cross References
Job 28:28And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.
Psalms 39:5Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]
Proverbs 3:13How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
Proverbs 4:7The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
Proverbs 8:32Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!
Proverbs 18:1A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.
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 →