Day 2728 Wisdom Nuggets – Psalm 90:1-9 – Daily Wisdom

Welcome to Day 2728 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Day 2728 – Wisdom Nuggets – Psalm 90:1-9 – Daily Wisdom Wisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2728 Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day 2728 of our Trek. <#0.5#> The Purpose of Wisdom-Trek is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. <#1.0#> The Title for Today’s Wisdom-Trek is: The Eternal Refuge and the Fleeting Shadow of Man - A Trek Through Psalm Ninety: Verses One through Nine Today, we embark on a profound, philosophical, and deeply spiritual journey as we open Psalm Ninety, covering its opening verses, one through nine, in the New Living Translation. <#0.5#> This Psalm carries a rare and significant superscription: "A prayer of Moses, the man of God." <#0.5#> Written by the great lawgiver himself, this psalm is widely regarded as the oldest in the Psalter, born from the crucible of the forty years of wandering in the wilderness. <#0.5#> It is a sober meditation on the frailty of human life and the eternity of God, composed during a time when an entire generation was dying off due to their rebellion against the divine decree. <#0.5#> We transition here from the anguished question of the Davidic Covenant's failure in Psalm Eighty-nine—where the psalmist wrestled with God’s apparent abandonment—to a foundational truth: man’s mortality is not a failure of God's promise, but an unchangeable reality of human existence after the fall. <#0.5#> Moses reminds us that before we can grasp God's promises, we must first confront our own fleeting nature. <#0.5#> This psalm is essential wisdom for our trek; it sets the proper scale and context for our brief time on earth. <#0.5#> So, let us open our hearts to this ancient prayer, recognizing the immense gap between the eternal God and the transient life of man. <#0.5#> The first section is: The Eternal God, Our Dwelling Place <#0.5#> Psalm Ninety: verses one through two <#0.5#> Lord, through all the generations you have been our home. <#0.5#> Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. <#0.5#> Moses begins his prayer not by complaining about the hardship of the wilderness, but by affirming God's eternal nature and His relationship to humanity: "Lord, through all the generations you have been our home." <#0.5#> The word "home" (ma‘ôn) means dwelling place, refuge, or habitation. <#0.5#> Moses is looking back over the entire history of the covenant people—from Abraham to the present wilderness generation—and declaring that God, not a physical tent or a specific land, has been their constant, reliable dwelling place. <#0.5#> This concept provides profound security: in a transient world, subject to change and decay, God is the one permanent, unshakeable refuge for His people. <#0.5#> Moses then paints a cosmic picture of God's...