Psalms 90:12 (WEB)

Passage

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:10 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Psalms 90:11 Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

Psalms 90:12 So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalms 90:13 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

Psalms 90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "teach", "count", "days", "gain", "heart", and "wisdom". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "teach" and "count", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Who knows the power of your anger..." into verse 13's "Relent Yahweh How long Have compassion on...", so "teach" and "count" 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 "teach" and "count" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.