So Teach Us

In the 12th verse of Psalm 90
Moses implores the Lord:
"So teach us to number our days
That we may gain a heart of wisdom."

What preceded this request?
"Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
From everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
You turn man back to dust.
And say, 'Return, O children of men.'
For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by
Or as a watch in the night.
You have swept  them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which flourishes and sprouts anew;
Toward evening it fades and withers away.
For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.
You have placed our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
For all our days have declines in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.
As for the days of our lives, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
For soon it is gone and we fly away.
Who understands the power of Your anger and Your fury,
According to the fear that is due You?"

Rereading those verses, it is no wonder that Moses pled,
"So teach us."

Perspective is key:
Seeing God as eternal and man as time-bound;
Seeing God as holy and man as sinful;
Seeing God as righteous judge and man as  righteously judged;
Seeing God as wise and man as needing wisdom,
So we too need to pray,
"So teach us."