Psalms 90:12 · KJV
“So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}”
— Psalms 90:12
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, {so is} thy wrath.
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Psalms 90 — Context
The days of our years {are} threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength {they be} fourscore years, yet {is} their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. {The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years}
11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, {so is} thy wrath.
12So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}
13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Cross References
Ephesians 5:16-17
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Psalms 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}. {how...: or, what time I have here}
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.
Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom {is} the principal thing; {therefore} get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 3:13-18
Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}
Proverbs 23:12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!