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Psalm 90

Psa. 90:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So teach
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
us to number
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
our days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, that we may ψapply
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
our hearts
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
untof wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
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cause to come.
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Prov. 4:7• 7The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom;{HR}And with all thy getting get understanding. (Prov. 4:7)

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Psa. 39:4• 4Make me to know, O Jehovah, my end,{HR}And the measure of my days, what it [is];{HR}Let me know how frail I am. (Psa. 39:4)
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Deut. 32:29• 29{i}Oh that they had been wise!{HR}They would have understood this;{HR}They would have considered their latter end!{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:29)
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Eccl. 9:10• 10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,{HR}Do with thy might;{HR}For there is no work, nor device,{HR}Nor knowledge, nor wisdom,{HR}In Sheol whither thou goest. (Eccl. 9:10)
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Luke 12:35‑40• 35Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
 36and ye like men who wait for their lord, whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
 37Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily, I say unto you that he will gird himself, and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
 38And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
 39But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be digged through.
 40And ye, therefore, be ye ready; for in the hour in which ye do not think [it] the Son of man cometh. (Luke 12:35‑40)
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John 9:4• 4I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day: night cometh, when no one can work. (John 9:4)
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Eph. 5:16‑17• 16buying up the time, because the days are evil.
 17On this account be not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is]. (Eph. 5:16‑17)
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Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said,{HR}Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom,{HR}And to depart from evil understanding. (Job 28:28)
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Prov. 2:2‑6• 2So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
 3Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:2‑6)
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Prov. 3:13‑18• 13Blessed [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom,{HR}And the man [that] getteth understanding.
 14For the gain thereof [is] better than the gain of silver,{HR}And her revenue than fine gold.
 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her.
 16Length of days [is] in her right hand,{HR}In her left hand riches and honour.
 17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness,{HR}And all her paths [are] peace.
 18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:13‑18)
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Prov. 4:5,7• 5Get wisdom, get understanding;{HR}Forget not neither decline from the words of my mouth.
 7The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom;{HR}And with all thy getting get understanding. (Prov. 4:5,7)
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Prov. 7:1‑4• 1My son, keep my words,{HR}And lay up my commandments with thee.
 2Keep my commandments and live;{HR}And my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
 3Bind them upon thy fingers;{HR}Write them upon the tables of thy heart.
 4Say to wisdom, thou [art] my sister,{HR}And call intelligence kinswoman; (Prov. 7:1‑4)
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Prov. 8:32‑36• 32And now, sons, hearken to me;{HR}And blessed are [those that] keep my ways:
 33Hear instruction and be wise,{HR}And refuse it not.
 34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me,{HR}Watching daily at my gates,{HR}Waiting at the posts of my doors.
 35For whoso findeth me findeth life,{HR}And shall obtain favour of Jehovah.
 36But he that sinneth against me{HR}Doeth violence to his own soul:{HR}All that hate me love death. (Prov. 8:32‑36)
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Prov. 16:16• 16{i}How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold,{HR}And the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!{/i} (Prov. 16:16)
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Prov. 18:1‑2• 1He that separateth himself seeketh pleasure,{HR}He rageth against all wisdom.
 2A fool hath no delight in understanding,{HR}But only that his heart may reveal itself. (Prov. 18:1‑2)
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Prov. 22:17• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. (Prov. 22:17)
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Prov. 23:12,23• 12Apply thy heart unto instruction,{HR}And thy ears to the words of knowledge.
 23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not—{HR}Wisdom and instruction and understanding. (Prov. 23:12,23)
apply our hearts.
Heb. cause our hearts to come.
• A wise heart is one that fears God. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God. (“Psalm 90” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.

W. Kelly Translation

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To number our days thus make [us] know,{HR}And we will get us a heart of wisdom.