Episode 360 - New Year’s 2020 (Psalm 90)

Psalms 90

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
  throughout all generations.
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2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
refuge
vs.
safety
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3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
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4 A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
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5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—they are like the new grass of the morning:
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6 In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
The Justice
of God

Love
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7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
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8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
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9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
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10 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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11 If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
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12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
The Justice
of God

The Justifier
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13 Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
from doctrine

to world-view (trust)
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14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
discipline correction

punishment destruction
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16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
preservation
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17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands.