시편 90:2-4 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 90:1-6

This psalm is entitled a prayer of Moses. Where, and in what volume, it was preserved from Moses's time till the collection of psalms was begun to be made, is uncertain; but, being divinely inspired, it was under a special protection: perhaps it was written in the book of Jasher, or the book of the wars of the Lord. Moses taught the people of Israel to pray, and put words into their mouths which they might make use of in turning to the Lord. Moses is here called the man of God, because he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth ,.... Or "were born" F2 ילדו "nascerentur", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Michaelis; so Ainsworth; "geniti essent", Piscator, Gejerus. , and came forth out of the womb and bowels of the earth, and were made to rise and stand up at the command of God, as they did when he first created the earth; and are mentioned not only because of their firmness and stability, but their antiquity: hence we read of the ancient mountains and everlasting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:3

Thou turnest man to destruction ,.... Or to death, as the Targum, which is the destruction of man; not an annihilation of body or soul, but a dissolution of the union between them; the words may be rendered, "thou turnest man until he is broken" F2 תשב אנוש עד דכא "convertes hominem usque ad contritionem", Montanus; "donec conteratur", Musculus, Tigurine verion; "donee sit contritus", Vatablus; "ut sit contritus", Junius & Tremellius. ; and crumbled into dust; thou turnest... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:4

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday ,.... Which may be said to obviate the difficulty in man's return, or resurrection, from the dead, taken from the length of time in which some have continued in the grave; which vanishes, when it is observed, that in thy sight, esteem, and account of God, a thousand years are but as one day; and therefore, should a man lie in the grave six or seven thousand years, it would be but as so many days with God; wherefore, if the resurrection... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth - The mountains and hills appear to have been everlasting; but as they were brought forth out of the womb of eternity, there was a time when they were not: but Thou hast been ab aeternitate a parte ante, ad aeternitatem a parte post; fram the eternity that is past, before time began; to the eternity that is after, when time shall have an end. This is the highest description of the eternity of God to which human language can reach. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:3

Thou turnest man to destruction - Literally, Thou shalt turn dying man, אנוש enosh , to the small dust, דכא dacca but thou wilt say, Return, ye children of Adam. This appears to be a clear and strong promise of the resurrection of the human body, after it has long slept, mingled with the dust of the earth. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:4

For a thousand years in thy sight - As if he had said, Though the resurrection of the body may be a thousand (or any indefinite number of) years distant; yet, when these are past, they are but as yesterday, or a single thatch of the night. They pass through the mind in a moment, and appear no longer in their duration than the time required by the mind to reflect them by thought. But, short as they appear to the eye of the mind, they are nothing when compared with the eternity of God! The... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:2

Verse 2 2Before the mountains were brought forth. Moses designs to set forth some high and hidden mystery, and yet he seems to speak feebly, and, as it were, in a puerile manner. For who does not know that God existed before the world? This we grant is a truth which all men admit; but we will scarcely find one in a hundred who is thoroughly persuaded that God remains unchangeably the same. God is here contrasted with created beings, who, as all know, are subject to continual changes, so that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:3

Verse 3 3Thou shalt turn man to destruction. Moses, in the first place, mentions how frail and transitory is the life of man, and bewails its miseries. This he does, not for the purpose of quarrelling with God, but as an argument to induce him the more readily to exercise his mercy, even as he is elsewhere said to pardon mortal men, when he considers of what they are made, and remembers that they are but dust and grass, (Psalms 103:14.) he compares the course of our life to a ring or circle,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 90:1-2

The fundamental truths of all religion. "Lord, thou hast been our Dwelling place," etc. This psalm is a monument of spiritual power. It possesses in eminent. degree the perennial freshness which so wonderfully belongs to Scripture. Generations pass. Centuries mount up into thousands of years; but this ancient psalm lifts up its voice with undecaying strength and sweetness. It reminds us of a granite pillar which casts its unchanging image on a river which flows past, as it has flowed for... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 90:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 90:1-2

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