Psalms 90:7 (LSB)

Passage

For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:5 You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Psalms 90:6 In the morning it blossoms and sprouts anew; Toward evening it withers away and dries up.

Psalms 90:7 For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

Psalms 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalms 90:9 For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "been", "consumed", "anger", "wrath", and "dismayed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "been" and "consumed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "In the morning it blossoms and sprouts..." into verse 8's "You have set our iniquities before You...", so "been" and "consumed" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "been" and "consumed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.