--G.R. Salem Media Group. A) A Vision of God destroys self-confidence (Psalm 90:1-6) B) A Vision of God reveals our sin (Psalm 90:7-12) C) A Vision of God begins a Work of God (Psalm 90:13-17) Jesus said, "My will is to do the will of my Father." To the saints the Lord Jehovah, the self existent God, stands instead of mansion and rooftree; he shelters, comforts, protects, preserves, and cherishes all his own. Many generations of mourners have listened to this Psalm when standing around the open grave, and have been consoled thereby, even when they have not perceived its special application to Israel in the wilderness and have failed to remember the far higher ground upon which believers now stand. V1. “Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90: 12) This verse is often treated as if it were a proverb that means, “Life is short, so live wisely.” But in the context of the whole psalm, it means much more than that, as we will see. PSALMS 90 Other translations - previous - next - meaning - Psalms - BM Home - Full Page PSALM 90. Psalm 90 reminds us that though life is fleeting, we can live wisely with God’s eternal presence. It was a divine mouth which said, "Abide in me", and then added, "he that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit." After this fashion Moses, in the very introduction, before he lets loose his horrible thunderings and lightnings, fortifies the trembling, that they may firmly hold God to be the living dwelling place of the living, of those that pray to him, and put their trust in him. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. When a monk, it often happened to me when I read this Psalm, that I was compelled to lay the book out of my hand. But I knew not that these terrors were not addressed to an awakened mind. Book Four From Everlasting to Everlasting - A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. At all times. 2 Tim 2:11 - Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him. It is a key part of a meditation on God and on living as the people of God. Scripture in other places says the very opposite, it calls men temples of God, in whom God dwells; "the temple of God is holy", says Paul, "which temple ye are." 1 John 4:13 - This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. He is ever the same, and the wants of the soul substantially are over the same. are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. A prayer of Moses, the man of God. He dwelt also visibly in Zion, but the place is changed. Verse 1. This psalm is attributed to Moses. Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the saints dwell in their God, and have always done so in all ages. Verse 1. Psalm 90. This Psalm, undoubtedly, is centuries older than the moralizing of that time when the Jewish mind had listened to what it could never bring into a true assimilation with its own mind -- the abstractions of the Greek Philosophy. The condition of Israel in the wilderness is so preeminently illustrative of each verse, and the turns, expressions, and words are so similar to many in the Pentateuch, that the difficulties suggested are, to our mind, light as air in comparison with the internal evidence in favour of its Mosaic origin. Men of God are sure to be men of prayer. Whole Psalm. --Samuel Burder. Commentary on Psalm 90:1-6 (Read Psalm 90:1-6) It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Numbers 14. I can do no more. So that of all the people of the earth, God's own people had hitherto lived as pilgrims and banished persons, without house or home; and therefore the prophet here professes that God himself more immediately by his extraordinary providence, for many ages together had protected them, and been as it were a mansion house unto them; that is, the more they were deprived of these ordinary comforts of this life, the more was God present with them, supplying by his extraordinary and immediate providence what they wanted in regard of ordinary means. Almost in the same strain Paul speaks, when he says to the Colossians, "Your life is hid with Christ in God." Psalm 90:1, ESV: "A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations." --James Hamilton. God, the Dwelling Place: Psalm 90:1 Who shall regard him as a sepulchre? Delightful thought! In Psalm 90:1 what does Moses mean when he says "you have been our dwelling place"? At this point of time I can look back to the days of Moses and Joshua and David, and descending thence to the days of the Son of God upon earth, and of Paul and Peter, and all the saints of the Church down to the present hour; and what a thousand years avouched to Moses, three thousand now avouch to me: the Lord is the dwelling place of those that trust in him from generation to generation. Psalm 100 – A Psalm of Thanksgiving for All Lands. --Augustus F. Theluck, in "Hours of Christian Devotion", 1870. Although some difficulties have been started, there seems no reason to doubt that this Psalm is the composition of Moses. This psalm is simply titled A Psalm of Thanksgiving, and it is the only psalm in the collection to bear this title.It speaks of an invitation to the whole earth to know and to worship God. wn) is an abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat, and so could be stretched to hiding place, but is primarily a dwelling place. Col 3:3 - For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Psalm 90:12(HCSB) Verse Thoughts Too often we think in terms of years and make plans for the far distant future, and yet we are instructed to live one day at a time and not to even worry ourselves about the needs of tomorrow, for each day has sufficient trouble of its own. I knew not that Moses was speaking to a most obdurate and proud multitude, which neither understood nor cared for the anger of God, nor were humbled by their calamities, or even in prospect of death. Abraham was called out of his own country, from his father's house, where no doubt he had goodly buildings, and large revenues, and was commanded by God to live as a foreigner in a strange country, amongst savage people, that he knew not; and to abide in tents, booths, and cabins, having little hope to live a settled and comfortable life in any place. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place, etc. The near and dear relation between God and his people, so that they mutually dwell in each other. True is it in its report of human life -- as troubled, transitory, and sinful. In either case there are nearly five centuries between. 1. But Moses wishes to speak with such great care that he may shew that all our hopes have been placed most securely in God, and that they who are about to pray to this God may be assured that they are not afflicted in this work in vain, nor die, since they have God as a place of refuge, and the divine Majesty as a dwelling place, in which they may rest secure for ever. Psalm 90:1-6. What Does Psalm 90:2 Mean? For a thousand years in your sight. Some commentators think this was not the same famous and familiar Moses, but the evidence is much stronger for believing that this was indeed the great leader of Israel. Verse 1. Complete Concise Chapter Contents. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Proud member Title. It seems to have been inspired by Israel's wandering in the desert, which was punishment for their disobedience at the borders of the Promised Land (Numbers 13—14). When it returns here it feels itself at home: "Return unto thy rest", etc. Verse 1. If so, it is one of the oldest poems in the world. From the remotest period his name has been attached to it, and almost every Biblical scholar, from Jerome down to Hengstenberg, has agreed to accept it as a prayer of that "man of God" whose name it has always carried. The burning bush, the fiery furnace of Egypt, the Red Sea, Pharaoh with his chariots of war, and the weary march of Israel through the wilderness, were all before him; and in all of them he had experienced that "God is the Rock, his work perfect, all his ways judgment" ( Deuteronomy 32:4 ). The 90th Psalm might be cited as perhaps the most sublime of human compositions -- the deepest in feeling -- the loftiest in theologic conception -- the most magnificent in its imagery. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. 90:1-2 • The psalm begins with a majestic affirmation of the awesomeness of our God, our Lord (Adonai) the word means Master. Ps 32:7 - You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. ; Before the mountains were brought forth, yea, before the earth and the world were formed, even from eternity to eternity, you are god! of Moses was peculiarly a man of God and God's man; chosen of God, inspired of God, honoured of God, and faithful to God in all his house, he well deserved the name which is here given him. Alexander. Verse 1. Kings' palaces have vanished beneath the crumbling hand of time -- they have been burned with fire and buried beneath mountains of ruins, but the imperial race of heaven has never lost its regal habitation. Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,3 and said: “I have granted help to one who is … The lxx misses the meaning when it brings over אל from Psalm 90:2, and reads אל־תּשׁב. All rights reserved. For the use of such houses was wont to be not only to defend men from the injury of the weather, and to keep safely, within the walls and under the roof all other things necessary for this life, and to be a place of abode, wherein men might the more commodiously provide for all other things necessary, and walk in some calling profitable to their neighbour and to the glory of God; but also to protect them from the violence of brute beasts and rage of enemies. Originally. Verse 1. Psalm 90 – The Prayer of Moses in the Wilderness. Oh Lord, the god who is sovereign over his people Israel, the one who rules over them as a king who cares for his people, providing … But because a house is for the purpose of safety, it results, that this word has the meaning of a refuge or place of refuge. Scripture: Psalm 90:14. Psalm 90 was penned by Moses, a man with whom the Lord spoke “face to face, as a man speaks with his friend” (Exodus 33:11; see also Numbers 12:7-8). The only division which will be useful separates the contemplation Psalms 90:1 - 11 from the Psalms 90:12-17 there is indeed no need to make even this break, for the unity is well preserved throughout. We must consider the whole Psalm as written for the tribes in the desert, and then we shall see the primary meaning of each verse. Moses inverts this, and affirms, we are inhabitants and masters in this house. 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