Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
KJV
In manibus portabunt te, ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.
Vulgate
ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε, μή ποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.
LXX
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
ASV
לִ/מְנ֣וֹת יָ֭מֵי/נוּ כֵּ֣ן הוֹדַ֑ע וְ֝/נָבִ֗א לְבַ֣ב חָכְמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
מְנ֣וֹת
mnvt
verb · 28×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. This is the only Psalm attributed to Moses. It meditates on the eternity of God in contrast with the brevity and frailty of human life. A thousand years in God's sight are but as yesterday. The days of our years are threescore years and ten — yet even the length of days is filled with labor and sorrow. Therefore Moses …
Cross-references
- Col 4:5 — Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
- Deut 32:29 — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Eccl 7:2 — It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
- Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Eph 5:16 — Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- Lam 3:27 — It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- Luke 12:35 — Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- Prov 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
- Prov 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
- Prov 3:13 — Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
- Prov 4:5 — Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- Prov 4:7 — Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
- Prov 4:20 — My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
- Prov 7:1 — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Prov 8:32 — Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
- Prov 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
- Prov 18:1 — Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
- Prov 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Prov 22:17 — Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
- Prov 22:17 — Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
- Prov 23:12 — Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- Prov 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- Ps 39:4 — LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
- Ps 39:4 — LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
- Ps 119:84 — How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?