It is February, which means it is February Album Writing Month, in which some musical adventurers choose to write 14 songs in 28 days. I don’t know if I’ll reach the full 14-song goal, but I decided to dedicate the month to writing Psalm songs.
I started with Psalm 90, a meditation on mortality, judgment, and the eternal love of God. Since Watts already gifted us a rousing rendition of this Psalm, I decided to go in a more tender direction. The chorus focuses on an everlasting God who is with us from generation to generation. Verses 1-2 are about our mortality and the sorrow of sin. But things turn in verse 3 when we remember that, even for all our weakness and failure, God is still very fond of us.
From generation to generation,
you have been our home.
From everlasting to everlasting,
before the mountains were born,
you have been our home.
You have been our God.
1. But mortals, like fresh grass,
we wither in the sun.
Our lives end in ashes,
but you, Lord, live on. (Chorus)
2. Our days pass in sorrow,
our years like a moan.
Our sins, Lord, forgive them!
Have mercy once again. (Chorus)
3. Each morning, renew us
with unfailing love.
Alive to the joy of
the favor of God. (Chorus)