詩篇 90:1 CUNPTS

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:1

David. Septuagint add, "it has no title in Hebrew," and hence the Jews refer it to the preceding author, with St. Jerome, &c. But this rule is very uncertain. (Calmet) (Berthier) --- Some suppose that Moses composed it when he led the Israelites out of Egypt, or in the wilderness; while others think that it is the work of David under some imminent danger. The Fathers apply it to Jesus Christ. Yet it may be considered simply as a moral instruction, (Calmet) superior in elegance to any Greek... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:1-6

1-6 It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Psalms 90:14. The favour and protection of God are the only sure rest and comfort of the soul in this evil world. Christ Jesus is the refuge and dwelling-place to which we may repair. We are dying creatures, all our comforts in the world are dying comforts, but God is an ever-living God, and believers find him so. When God, by sickness, or other afflictions, turns men to destruction, he thereby calls... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 90:1-17

The Mercy of God Man's Only Refuge. A prayer of Moses, the man of God, the prophet who stood in the relation of an intimate friend to the God of Israel, who here contrasts man's frailty, the consequence of his sin, with God's eternity. This psalm is the oldest which has been preserved in the Psalter, the occasion for its writing probably being the incident recorded Numbers 14:22-Isaiah :. v. 1. Lord, the Majestic, the All-powerful, Thou hast been our Dwelling-place, a safe Habitation of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 90:1-17

THE PSALTERFOURTH BOOKPsalms 90:0_______________Psalms 90:0A Prayer of Moses the Man of God Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth,Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.3 Thou turnest man to destruction;And sayest, Return, ye children of men.4 For a thousand years in thy sightAre but as yesterday when it is past,And as a watch in the night.5 Thou... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 90:1-17

the Message of the Passing Years Psalms 90:1-17 The majestic music of this great psalm separates it from all the rest. It is like the deep bass stop of a mighty organ. Moses’ authorship is stamped upon it. It is worthy of the man who had seen God face to face. Psalms 90:1-6 . The transitoriness of human life is contrasted with the stability of God. He is the asylum and home of all the generations of mankind, Deuteronomy 33:27 . The earth and its mountains the universe and its worlds, were... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 90:1-17

The main purpose of this psalm is revealed in the prayer with which it concludes (vv. Psa 90:13-17 ). This prayer is prefaced by a meditation on the frailty of man (vv. Psa 90:3-12 ), in the light of eternity of god (vv. Psa 90:1-2 ). By this backward method of analysis we gain a conception of the general scheme of the psalm which now enables us to take the three movements in their orderly sequence. The eternity of God is described in three stages. First, as measured by the history of His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:1-17

BOOK IV.— PSS. XC.– CVI. XC. Man’ s Mortality and his Refuge in the Ever-living God. Psalms 90:1-Joshua : . The nothingness of man’ s life, the eternity of God’ s life. Psalms 90:7-2 Samuel : . It is the sinfulness of man which makes his life so short. Psalms 90:11 f. Man’ s lot should teach him reverence and wisdom. Psalms 90:13-Esther : . Prayer for God’ s blessing in the future. Psalms 90:1 . dwelling-place: the thought is beautiful but irrelevant. The Psalmist is speaking of God’ s... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 90:1

Although we and our fathers, for some generations, have had no certain and fixed habitation, but have been strangers in a land that was not ours, and afflicted for four hundred years, according to thy prediction, Genesis 15:13; and although we now are, and have been for some time, and still are like to continue, in, a vast howling wilderness, having no houses but dwelling in tents, and wandering from place to place, we know not whither; yet thou, O Lord, hast fully supplied this want, and hast... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 90:1-17

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“A prayer of Moses the man of God.” “The Psalm is described in the title,” says Hengstenberg, “as a prayer. This description shows, as Amyraldus saw, that the kernel of the Psalm is the second part, and that the design of the first is to prepare the way for the second, and lay down a basis on which it may rest. For תְּפִלָּה denotes only prayer in the proper sense, supplicatory prayer.” On תְּפּלָּה as used hero Fuerst says: “תְפִלָּה is a peculiar kind of song in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:1

Psalms 90:1 This is, beyond fair doubt, the oldest Psalm in the whole Psalter. It is the work, not of David, but, as the inscription tells us in the Bible version, of Moses. Especially like Moses is the union of melancholy and fervour which meets us here the fervour of the intrepid servant of God dashed by the melancholy which followed on his great disappointments. In this verse he is the spokesman and representative of all that is good and great in the past annals of mankind. He is speaking... read more