Psalms 90:12
So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Interpretation
Wisdom shapes a number days that is practiced in daily practice in Psalms 90:12—consider "teach" and "count". Practice number days in how we make amends—let grace redraw instincts. Wisdom & Worship highlights: Poetry and wisdom teach reverent, honest life before God—through praise, lament, and reflection.
Context
In Psalms (Poetry/Wisdom), developing number days. Read in Psalms 90, its force becomes clearer. It also intersects wisdom & worship. Listen for “teach” alongside “count”.
Manuscripts & Textual Witnesses
The Hebrew text is stable across manuscripts. The Septuagint (250 BCE) renders it slightly differently: 'make known your right hand' instead of 'teach us to number.' The Dead Sea Scrolls (11QPsa) from the 1st century CE contain this psalm with minor orthographic variations. The phrase 'heart of wisdom' uses the Hebrew 'levav chokhmah,' preserved identically in the Masoretic Text and Qumran manuscripts. Latin, Syriac, and Aramaic translations all support the Hebrew reading.
Sources & witness notes
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