Verse 4 is one the most widely quoted verses in the psalms because it comforts us when we are frustrated with God’s timing. Time moves slowly for us, as we crawl from moment to moment. God, who inhabits eternity, sees all of history in a single moment, so his timetable is unlikely to match our own. The psalm’s author, Moses, seems to look at life from the vantage point of old age, from where we can finally see, as God does, that our time here is short. Let this psalm make you wise before your time (see verse 12), when you still can determine to not waste your life on trifles. Soon it will be
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