Psalm 90 Worksheet

This is the first Psalm in Book 4 of the Psalms (Psalm 90-Psalm 106). The title says this is “A Prayer of Moses the man of God.” That means this Psalm is the _____________________ Psalm in the Bible.

Moses’ _____________________________ V. 1-11

Verses 1-2 use beautiful _____________________ (chiastic structure) to state that the eternal God existed before the creation He made.

Having established that the infinite God stands above time, in verses 3-4 Moses speaks of God’s sovereignty over finite man, whose earthly life is ___________________ by time and space.

The words turn and return in verse 3 come from the same Hebrew word, a play on words that is complimented in verse 13. Because our _____________________ are finite and will ‘return’ to the ground, our only hope is God ‘returning’ to us!

But beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but all come to repentance. -2 Peter 3:8

Verses 5-6 bear down on the _____________________________ nature of man’s earthly life.

All of the ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ aspects of our lives are because of what happened in Genesis 3 – sin and death entering the world. Moses reminds us of the ‘___________________ of sin’ in verses 7-9.

Scripture often presents the consequences and then reminds us of the ___________________. Until we are saved we are under God’s wrath because we are sinners by nature and by choice (John 3:36; Gen. 15:6).

Verse 10 demonstrates the truthfulness of the Bible. Moses died at 120 years of age (Deuteronomy 34:7). But the Spirit led Him to accurately state the ______________________________ lifespan of humans in our post-flood world. In 2023 the average life expectancy worldwide was 73.33 years.

What great hymn do we get from verse 10? ___________________________

He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. And it will be said on that day, Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. -Isaiah 25:8-9 (NASB 2020)

Verse 11b could be literally translated Reverence due, wrath extracted. From that we gather that each of us has a ‘glory deficit’ before God. There is the glory our lives could have brought the Lord, and there is the actual amount we have brought Him, and there is a VAST ______________ between the two.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. -Romans 3:23

Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. -Romas 3:24

Romans 3:22 says the righteousness of God is only credited to us when we place our faith in Jesus, just like Genesis 15:6 said.

Moses’ _______________________________ V. 12-17

Verse 12 is a great verse about making sure we plan our days around God’s ________________ for our lives.

Learning to number our days helps us say ‘yes’ to what God wants us to say ‘yes’ to and ‘no’ to what God wants us to say ‘no’ to.

I love the verbs in verses 13-15, what Moses ask God to do to ‘________________________’ godly living – Return; Have compassion; Satisfy us; Make us glad!

Don’t spend too much time regretting past inaction for the Lord. He has you in a place of faith and seeking Him now, and He is more than capable of replacing wasted days with days of _________________ and impact.

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locusts have eaten. -Joel 2:25

What a great prayer to end a great Psalm – As we prioritize godly living and choices in the time we have left we ask God to establish the work of our hands, really to establish what we do for Him for His glory!