Friday, August 5, 2011

Spider Web and Psalm 90

"...We spend our years as a tale that is told."
    The Vulgate translation has: "Our years pass away like those of a spider." Our life is as frail as the thread of a spider's web. -C.H. Spurgeon

Psalm 90
1Lord, you have been our dwelling place
   in all generations.
2Before the mountains were brought forth,
   or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
   from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

 3You return man to dust
   and say, "Return, O children of man!"
4For a thousand years in your sight
   are but as yesterday when it is past,
   or as a watch in the night.
 5You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
   like grass that is renewed in the morning:
6in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
   in the evening it fades and withers.
 7For we are brought to an end by your anger;
   by your wrath we are dismayed.
8You have set our iniquities before you,
   our secret sins in the light of your presence.
 9For all our days pass away under your wrath;
   we bring our years to an end like a tale that is told.
10The years of our life are seventy,
   or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
   they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11Who considers the power of your anger,
   and your wrath according to the fear of you?
 12 So teach us to number our days
   that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long?
   Have pity on your servants!
14Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
   that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
   and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16Let your work be shown to your servants,
   and your glorious power to their children.
17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
   and establish the work of our hands upon us;
   yes, establish the work of our hands!





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