Psalms 90:9 (YLT)

Passage

For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

Psalms 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

Psalms 90:9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

Psalms 90:10 Days of our years, in them <FI>are<Fi> seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet <FI>is<Fi> their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

Psalms 90:11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear--Thy wrath?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "pined", "away", "wrath", "consumed", "years", and "meditation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "pined", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee..." into verse 10's "Days of our years in them FI...", so "days" and "pined" 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 "days" and "pined" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.