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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 90:1

Lord - Not יהוה Yahweh here, but אדני 'Adonāy. The word is properly rendered “Lord,” but it is a term which is often applied to God. It indicates, however, nothing in regard to his character or attributes except that he is a “Ruler or Governor.”Thou hast been our dwelling-place - The Septuagint renders this, “refuge” - καταφυγἡ kataphugē. So the Latin Vulgate, “refugium;” and Luther, “Zuflucht.” The Hebrew word - מעון mâ‛ôn - means properly a habitation, a dwelling, as of God in his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 90:1

Psalms 90:1. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place, &c. Although we and our fathers, for some generations, have had no fixed habitation, but have been strangers in a land that was not ours, and afflicted four hundred years; (see Genesis 15:13;) and although we now are, and have been for some time, and must still continue, in a vast, howling wilderness, dwelling in tents, and wandering from place to place; yet thou, Lord, hast been instead of a dwelling-place to us, by thy watchful... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:1-17

Psalms 90:0 Making the most of a short lifeGod alone is permanent and enduring, and therefore the only true security is found in him (1-2). Human life, by contrast, is short and uncertain, and is brought to an end as God decides and when he chooses. No matter how long a person lives, even to a thousand years, the number of years is insignificant compared with the timelessness of God (3-6).Sin has spoiled human life and brought God’s judgment upon people in the form of life’s troubles and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 90:1

Title. A Prayer. Hebrew. Tephillah. See App-63 . Moses: the man of the wilderness. Hence the wilderness, and works of creation, referred to. the man of God. See App-49 . There are seven specially so called: Moses (Deuteronomy 33:1 ); Samuel (1 Samuel 9:6-10 ; Compare Psalms 90:14 ); David (Nehemiah 12:24 ); Elijah (1 Kings 17:18 ); Elisha (2 Kings 4:7 ); Shemaiah (2 Chronicles 11:2 ); Igdaliah (Jeremiah 35:4 ); and four unnamed (1 Samuel 2:27 . 1 Kings 13:1 ; 1 Kings 20:28 . 2 Chronicles... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 90:1

PSALM 90BOOK IVINTRODUCTION FOR BOOK IVThere are seventeen psalms in this book, classified by Dummelow as:Penitential Psalms, Psalms 90; Psalms 91; Psalms 94; and Psalms 101.Psalms of Thanksgiving, Psalms 92; Psalms 93; Psalms 95-100; and Psalms 103-106,National Psalms, Psalms 94; Psalms 97; Psalms 99; Psalms 102; Psalms 105; and Psalms 106.Historical Psalms, Psalms 105 and Psalms 106.A Gnomic Psalm, Psalms 101.[1]Dummelow's last classification, Gnomic, means, "expressing maxims, or universal... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 90:1

Psalms 90:0. Moses, setting forth God's providence, complaineth of human fragility, divine chastisements, and brevity of life: he prayeth for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence. A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Title. האלהים אישׁ למשׁה תפלה tephillah lemosheh iish haelohim.— Mr. Peters is of opinion, that both this and the following psalm were composed by Moses, for the instruction and consolation of the people in the wilderness; and the present chiefly for the use... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 90:1

1. dwelling-place—home (compare Ezekiel 11:16), as a refuge (Deuteronomy 33:27). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 90:1-6

Moses began by attributing eternality to Yahweh. All generations of believers have found Him to be a protective shelter from the storms of life. God existed before He created anything, even the "world" (Heb. tebel, lit. the productive earth). This Hebrew word is a poetic synonym for "earth" (Heb. ’eres, i.e., the planet).God outlasts man. He creates him and then sees him return to "dust" (Heb. dakka, lit. pulverized material). From God’s eternal perspective 1,000 years are as a day is to us (2... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 90:1-17

IV. BOOK 4: CHS. 90-106Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Psalms 90), and David wrote two of them (Psalms 101, 103). The remaining 14 are anonymous. Book 4 opens with a psalm attributed to Moses, and it closes with one in which Moses is the dominant figure. Prominent themes in this book include the brevity of life, Yahweh’s future reign on the earth and proper human response to that hope, and Yahweh’s creative and sustaining power. So one might think of Book 4 as... read more

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