Psalms 90:7 (WEB)

Passage

For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:5 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

Psalms 90:6 In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

Psalms 90:7 For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

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 passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consumed", "anger", "troubled", and "wrath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "consumed" and "anger", 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 sprouts and springs..." into verse 8's "You have set our iniquities before you...", so "consumed" and "anger" 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 "consumed" and "anger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.