Psalm 90

Psalm 90 contrasts the brevity of human life with the eternality of God. He is the only source of lasting security in this world of pain and trouble. The insecurity of life with all its problems moves the psalmist to cry out to God for joy in spite of the sorrows of life hee on earth.

 
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
Throughout the ages past;
Before the mountains were ever born
You are God, unsurpassed.
 
A thousand years are in your sight
Like a day that’s just gone by;
Then you take us in the sleep of death
Like withered grass we die.
 
Consumed we are by your righteous anger
Terrified to be alone;
Our secret sins lie open before you
We finish our years with a moan.
 
Our days may last some seventy years
Or eighty if strength endures;
Teach us how to number our days
Your wisdom our hearts secure.
 
Satisfy us in the morning with unfailing love
So our hearts can sing for joy;
May our days of gladness be the same
As the troubled we couldn’t enjoy

Psalm 123
 
There are times when things are so bad that the only thing we can do is turn to God and plead “Have mercy on me.” Psalm 123 is a short portrait of the believer in distress turning to God for mercy and compassion.

I look up to you, enthroned in heaven
As a sinner to his Savior;
We turn our eyes to you, O Lord
Waiting for your favor.
 
Have mercy on us we pray, O Lord
We’ve had our share of scorn;
We’ve endured no end of ridicule
Contempt of the proud we’ve born.