Transcript Psalm 90:17

读经
诗篇 90:17
愿主我们神的荣美归于我们身上。愿你坚立我们手所做的工；
我们手所做的工，愿你坚立。
Psalm 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish
the work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of our
hands.
Songs of the Heart
PSALM 90
“SONG OF THE
HEART SEEKING
ETERNAL
SIGNIFICANCE”
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
“Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations. Before the
mountains were born or you brought forth the
earth and the world, from everlasting to
everlasting you are God.”
William Lane Craig
www.reasonablefaith.org
“… God exists timelessly without
the universe with a timeless
intention to create a universe with a
beginning. He exercises His causal
power, and time as a result comes
into being, along with the first state
of the universe, and God freely
enters into time. It all happens coincidentally, that is, together at
once.”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
“3 You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of
men."4 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has
just gone by, or like a watch in the night. 5 You sweep men
away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the
morning-- 6 though in the morning it springs up new, by
evening it is dry and withered. 7 We are consumed by your
anger and terrified by your indignation. 8 You have set our
iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your
presence. 9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish
our years with a moan. 10 The length of our days is seventy
years-- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but
trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
– We lament because our lives are short.
“Dust In The Wind” by Kansas
“Dust in the wind, all we are
is dust in the wind.
Now, don’t hang on, nothing
lasts forever but the earth
and sky.
It slips away, and all your
money won’t another minute
buy.
Dust in the wind, all we are is
dust in the wind.”
Charles Spurgeon 1834 – 1892
“Here is the history of
the grass—sown,
grown, blown, mown,
gone; and the history
of man is not much
more.”
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
– We lament because our lives are short.
– We lament because sin makes our lives
sorrowful.
Hebrews 12:5-11, “And you have forgotten that word of
encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make
light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he
rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he
punishes everyone he accepts as a son." 7 Endure hardship as
discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not
disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone
undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not
true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who
disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more
should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10 Our
fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but
God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on,
however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for
those who have been trained by it.”
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17)
“Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great
as the fear that is due you. 12 Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. 13 Relent, O LORD! How long
will it be? Have compassion on your servants. 14 Satisfy us in the
morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be
glad all our days. 15 Make us glad for as many days as you have
afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. 16 May
your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their
children. 17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of
our hands.”
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17)
- to teach us to number our days
Chinese Calendar
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17)
- teach us to number our days
- satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed)
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17)
- teach us to number our days
- satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed)
- observe the deeds and splendor of God
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal
Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17)
- teach us to number our days
- satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed)
- observe the deeds and splendor of God
Job 23:8-9 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the
west, I do not find him. When he is at work in the north, I do not
see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.”
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking
Eternal Significance”
I. Praise To The Eternal God (verses 1-2)
II. Lament For Mortal Man (verses 3-10)
III. Plea For God’s Compassion (verses 11-17)
- teach us to number our days
- satisfy us with unfailing love (hesed)
- observe the deeds and splendor of God
- Let God establish the work of our hands
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal
Significance”
Conclusion
– Moses begins the psalm with a reflection on God’s
eternality.
– He then expresses his thoughts about the sorrows
and brevity of human life.
– He expresses his distress concerning human
sinfulness and the resulting anger of God.
– Moses concludes the psalm with a plea that God
would have compassion and enable His people to live
lives having lasting significance.
Psalm 90 “Song of the Heart Seeking Eternal
Significance”
Conclusion
• If we learn to wisely number our days by living each day for
God…
• If we learn to satisfy ourselves daily with God’s “unfailing love”
…
• If we learn to behold the deeds and splendor of God that
surrounds our lives…
• If we learn to allow God to establish the work of our hands…
…then our short, sorrowful, sinful lives take on eternal
significance.