Devotional for March 20

Niwot UMC - Niwot, Colorado

Read Psalms 89-91

 

Psalm 90 (Revised Standard Version)

 

¹ Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. ² Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.  ³ Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, “Turn back, O children of men!” ⁴ For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

⁵ Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. ⁷ For we are consumed by thy anger; by thy wrath we are overwhelmed. ⁸ Thou hast set our Iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days pass away under thy wrath, our years come to an end like a sigh.

¹⁰ The year of our life are threescore and ten or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee? 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 thy servants! ¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. ¹⁵ Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil. ¹⁶ Let thy work be manifest to thy servants, and thy glorious power to their children. ¹⁷Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands establishes thou it.