Psalm 90 begins Book 4 of the psalms, which runs until psalm 106, and is the only psalm attributed to Moses. This prayer of Moses focuses on the eternity of God ("from everlasting to everlasting you are God") which stands in stark contrast to the brevity of man which is 70 years, or 80 if you're lucky! For God a 1,000 years is like a day whereas man is like grass which sprouts in the morning but withers and dies in the evening. Moses then prays however "teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom... may the favour of the Lord our God rest upon us".
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