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
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