Yes, throughout all our days, we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. — Ps 90:9
This psalm is almost without parallel for sublimity, a worthy monument of the inspired genius of Moses, “the man of God.” It reflects the wanderings and experiences of the wilderness march, the watch in the night against the intrusion of the Bedouin thief, or the prowl of the wild beast; the rush of the flood, caused by torrential rain, but disappearing as quickly as on the... moreYes, throughout all our days, we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. — Ps 90:9
This psalm is almost without parallel for sublimity, a worthy monument of the inspired genius of Moses, “the man of God.” It reflects the wanderings and experiences of the wilderness march, the watch in the night against the intrusion of the Bedouin thief, or the prowl of the wild beast; the rush of the flood, caused by torrential rain, but disappearing as quickly as on the sandy soil; the morning grass, scorched by the sirocco; the tales borne by the camp spies so soon ended; the disappointment of the springs of Marah; the inevitable leaving of Elim! The long, weary days of marching, the mother and babe, the aged and little children, the weakling on the desert trail, the constant pitching and removal of tents—all these emblems of transistors depicting the harrowing experiences of life’s toil and trial. Secret sins and iniquities; the averted face of God because of transgression; the death of the old at eighty and of the young child cut down as a frail flower. Yes! But despite all this, God is the dwelling place and home of the individual soul, as of the succeeding generation.
Shall we not make the concluding petitions of this Psalm our own? We, too, are pilgrims over the desert waste to the eternal Home. We must be more careful of our days, watching their decreasing number, with careful anxiety to make the most of those left. We need to be satisfied and replenished each morning with God’s mercy to have perennial springs of rejoicing and gladness. We long to help in the overthrowing of the power of evil, and as we grow older, we pray that the beauty of the Lord our God may be upon us and may we feel that He has given permanence to the work of our hands.
Prayer
HOW shall we thank Thee sufficiently, dear Lord, that Thou hast demolished Death and brought Life and Immortality to light? Please give us the grace to follow Thee all the days of our life, and when the Call comes to us to pass over, may the waters of the River be at the lowest ebb. Amen
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Nicholis Ahik, Knight Lieutenant
Seneschal of the Priory of the Holy Trinity
Dieu Avec Nous!