Chapter 90

First Psalm of Book 4.

Moses' prayer, and the first Psalm of Book Four.

8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. [Psa 90:8 ESV]

This indicates that Moses understood about the intentional sins.  He knew those could never be taken away by the blood of bulls and goats.

10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. [Psa 90:10 ESV]

Good funeral verse.  Here's another:

12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. [Psa 90:12 ESV]

And these verses:

15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. 16 Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. [Psa 90:15-16 ESV]

Life is affliction.  Yet in the middle of all this affliction and the realization that our lives are short and of no real consequence, we can revel in our understanding and knowledge of God.  Our purpose is to know Him better, because this is the good that makes the affliction worthwhile. 

What does this say about the lives of those who don't know God at all.  What "relief" from affliction is there for them?