“This was specially the case in reference to the people in the wilderness, whose lives were cut short by justice on account of their waywardness; they failed, not by a natural decline, but through the blast of the well-deserved judgments of God.” (Spurgeon), iii. The Psalm is called a prayer, for the closing petitions enter into its essence, and the preceding verses are a meditation preparatory to the supplication. Psalm 90 gives us probably the best biblical perspective of time. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Addressing Him, not as Elohim the Mighty One, nor as Jehovah, the Helper, but as Adonai, the Sovereign Lord, the singer declares that He has been the dwelling-place, the habitation, the home of man in all generations.” (Morgan), ii. It is, however, only in part a "prayer," Meditation occupies the opening portion (Psalms 90:1-6); complaint follows (Psalms 90:7-11); it is only with Psalms 90:12 that prayer begins. And Your glory to their children. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Of great importance is Moses’ emphasis to “number our days.” His conclusion, of course, is that man and God look at time from entirely different perspectives. Click to Sign Up Now! or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. This psalm, the only one attributed to Moses, compares how man and God view time and life. “When men are under chastisement they are allowed to…ask ‘how long?’ Our fault in these times is not too great boldness with God, but too much backwardness in pleading with him.” (Spurgeon). When God, by sickness, or other afflictions, turns men to destruction, he thereby calls men to return unto him to repent of their sins, and live a new life. The eternity of God, the frailty of man. “Consumed; either naturally, by the frame of our bodies; or violently, by extraordinary judgments. i. Secret sins are known to God, and shall be reckoned for. And like a watch in the night. a. Alexander regards it as the “heart or centre of the whole collection” and a model upon which David formed his hymnology. All this should mark our relationship with God. Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; i. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. The God who stands over time and sees a thousand years as yesterday certainly has the right and the authority to judge mankind, especially His own people. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Bible Study Tools Language Tools Historical Writings Pastoral Resources Personal Resources Site Resources advertisement. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Before the mountains were brought forth, Moses asked God not to delay in bringing His presence, compassion, and mercy to His people. c. Like grass which grows up: Moses used many poetic pictures to describe God and time. “Let us deeply consider our own frailty, and the shortness and uncertainty of life, that we may live for eternity, acquaint ourselves with thee, and be at peace; that we may die in thy favour and live and reign with thee eternally.” (Clarke). Commentaries for Psalm Chapter 90 The eternity of God, the frailty of man. Who knows the power of Your anger? It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. And let Divine consolations put gladness into our hearts, and a lustre upon our countenances. The days of our lives are seventy years; It isn’t automatic. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations." He did not say seventy years as either a promise or a limit, but as a poetic estimate of a lifespan. What Psalm 90 means In this psalm, there are 3 words for God: *Lord, *LORD and God. b. This was a meaningful question. “The faithful beseech God to let his ‘beauty,’ his splendor, the light of his countenance, his grace and favour, be upon them.” (Horne). are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. 1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Spiritually speaking, that never needs to be the state of the believer. “Although dust is a different word from that of Genesis 3:19 (‘you are dust, and to dust you shall return’), the idea of returning to it (Turn back) almost certainly alludes to the curse of Adam, and uses the same verb.” (Kidner), ii. ii. “Alexander Maclaren said, ‘The only thing that will secure life-long gladness is a heart satisfied with the experience of God’s love.’ This means that nothing will satisfy the human heart ultimately except God.” (Boice), ii. i. The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the displeasure of God. i. Verse 9. through all generations. So teach us to number our days, “He that dwelleth in God cannot be unhoused, because God is stronger than all; neither can any one take another out of his hands, John 10:29. a. Lord, You have been our dwelling place: This prayer of Moses was almost certainly written during the wilderness years on the way to Canaan. b. It was as if Moses said to God’s people, “If you continue in sin, you will return to the dust; your only hope is for God to return to you.”. Without this blessing in our lives, our work and its effectiveness pass quickly and are of little impact. PSALM 90 * God’s Eternity and Human Frailty. For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; All our days have passed away in Your wrath, Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us, © Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . “We do not understand the full blessedness of believing that God is our asylum, till we understand that He is our asylum from all that is destructive…nor do we know the significance of the universal experience of decay and death, till we learn that it is not the result of our finite being, but of sin.” (Maclaren). All the events of a thousand years, whether past or to come, are more present to the Eternal Mind, than what was done in the last hour is to us. Psalm 90. Christ Jesus is the refuge and dwelling-place to which we may repair. In the whole of the fourth division of the Psalter (Psalm 90-106) only three Psalms have the traditional author given. And by Your wrath we are terrified. That we may gain a heart of wisdom: Learning to number our days will give us a heart of wisdom. In all those years Israel lived in constant need of refuge, shelter, and protection. Psalm 90:1 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 90:1, NIV: "A prayer of Moses the man of God. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Numbers 14. We are to seek wisdom and to live each day to its fullest for the glory of God. You often hear it at funeral services. “Fleeting as our days are, they are ennobled by our being permitted to be God’s tools.” (Maclaren), ii. i. This psalm was penned by Moses (as appears by the title), the most ancient penman of sacred writ. Yes, establish the work of our hands. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. The favour and protection of God are the only sure rest and comfort of the soul in this evil world. It is impossible to think of a higher level of beauty or goodness. f. And establish the work of our hands for us: The final aspect of blessing Moses prayed for was for the permanence of the work of God’s people. It was satisfied with God’s mercy, His faithful, covenant goodness to His people. And establish the work of our hands for us; This psalm is titled A Prayer of Moses the man of God. The emphasis is on the futility of life; even if one should live past the norm of seventy years and live eighty years, the end of it all is only labor and sorrow. Not Yet a Member? Psalm 93 – The LORD Reigns. You turn man to destruction: Moses had seen the judgment of God turn man to destruction. “In this Eternal One there is a safe abode for the successive generations of men. The beauty of the LORD our God is great beauty. Our dwelling place: “The Hebrew word for ‘dwelling place’ may also be translated ‘refuge,’ which is how it appears in Deuteronomy 33:27, one of the other songs of Moses.” (Boice). “If we had no Scripture at all to prove this, daily experience before our eyes makes it clear how all men, even the wisest, the strongest, the greatest and the mightiest monarchs and princes in the world, be but miserable men, made of red earth, and quickly turn again to dust.” (Smith, cited in Spurgeon). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 90:12-17 Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 89 in a slightly different numbering system. In the evening it is cut down and withers. b. Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The psalm is termed, "A Prayer of Moses, the man of God." Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God, For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. There is no title to this psalm in the Hebrew text. Search Tools. When the eternal, holy God saw and considered them, His response was anger and wrath. 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. d. Who knows the power of Your anger? In verse 3 God spoke to mankind in judgment, telling him to return to destruction (or, to dust). Time passes unobserved by us, as with men asleep; and when it is past, it is as nothing. The deep cry of Moses seems to anticipate important themes in Ecclesiastes. i. Lord: The psalm “begins with this great affirmation concerning the relation of man to God. The beauty of the LORD: “His favourable countenance, and gracious influence, and glorious presence.” (Poole), iii. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. Psalm 90:1, ESV: "A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. And have compassion on Your servants. We have our home in Him, and home should be a place where we rest, where we can be ourselves, where love and happiness dominate. Search a pre-defined list. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. a. i. RVR60 VUL WLC LXX mGNT TR [?] He added this picture: a thousand years is like grass which grows up in the morning and in the evening it is cut down and withers. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Advanced Options. So teach us means that this wisdom must be learned. There are options set in 'Advanced Options' Clear Advanced Options. It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Nu 14... View the entire commentary Audio Commentary: Psalm 90 Psalm 90. Most people live with little awareness that life is short, and their days should be numbered. b-c. the Psalms of 103 and 104 are attributed to David. 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. All Rights Reserved. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. You have set our iniquities before You, Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Through an exploration of Psalm 90, this article will strive to give answer to the eternal question of meaning and purpose, particularly in the entrepreneurial realm of business. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. How long? According to the days: “The good Lord measures out the dark and the light in due proportions, and the result is life sad enough to be safe, and glad enough to be desirable.” (Spurgeon). Commentaries Adam Clarke Barnes' Notes Forerunner Commentary Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown John Wesley's Notes ... Forerunner Commentary What is the Forerunner Commentary? From their pilgrim beginnings under their patriarch Abraham to the days of Moses, God had been their dwelling place, their refuge and protection. i. For we have been consumed by Your anger: In the first section of this psalm, Moses connected the idea of God’s eternal nature with His judgment upon man. A thousand years, which to a man seem so long, are to Him dwindled to nothing, in comparison with the eternity of His being. 90:1 Return, O LORD! That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! They are 3 different words in the Hebrew Bible. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. The days of our lives are seventy years: Moses lived 120 years according to Deuteronomy 31:2 and 34:7. saying, “Return, you children of Adam!” b 4 A thousand years in your eyes i. c. For it is soon cut off, and we fly away: Moses described the short and often futile sense of this life. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. a. i. Psalms 90:1-17 A Matter of Life and Death. “The historical setting is probably best understood by the incidents recorded in Numbers 20: (1) the death of Miriam, Moses’ sister; (2) the sin of Moses in striking the rock in the wilderness, which kept him from entering the Promised Land; and (3) the death of Aaron, Moses’ brother.” (James Montgomery Boice), Charles Spurgeon wrote of the phrase, The man of God: “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.”. Psalm 90 is such a lament from the community; most commentators place the crisis portrayed in this psalm in the post-exilic community. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. He prayed that the gracious God would exchange that misery for His own beauty. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. d. Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us: Many were the days of their affliction; Moses asked that the days of their gladness would also be many. Our dwelling place in all generations: Moses understood that Yahweh’s help to His people did not begin with the exodus from Egypt. For the eternal God, a thousand years seems like a single day, and a single day in the past, not the present. i. Seventy years: “Which time the ancient heathen writers also fixed as the usual space of men’s lives.” (Poole). 90:0 In this psalm, there are 3 words for God: Lord, Lord and God. It must have been crushing for Moses to see a whole generation melt away in the wilderness, dying away under the judgment of God. This is wisdom not only for the mind, but for the heart as well. As Peter has said, the converse must also be true, and ‘one day be with the Lord as a thousand years.’” (Maclaren). Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. 2 Before the mountains were born,. “Satisfaction, gladness, success in work must all come from the right relation of man in his frailty to the eternal Lord.” (Morgan), (c) 2020 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik – ewm@enduringword.com. Psalm 30:5; 49:14; 143:8; Lam 3:23), as the light of day is contrastive with the darkness (gloom) of the night. The angels that sinned know the power of God's anger; sinners in hell know it; but which of us can fully describe it? They are 3 different words in the Hebrew Bible. a. "For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told]." i. You can read through all of Psalms 90 below. In addition to the life setting of crisis, it is important to consider the place of the text in the book of Psalms. i. b. Are like yesterday when it is past, I. Lord, you have been our refuge. He hoped the days of gladness would be so long that God’s glory would be evident even to their children. Essentially, Moses asked that God would work with man. (7-11) Prayer for mercy and grace. 1 A prayer of Moses, the man of God.. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. (1-6) Submission to Divine chastisements. Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Moses especially saw and lived this in the wilderness. The work of our hands, establish thou it; and, in order to that, establish us in it. Psalms 90, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is a one-volume commentary prepared by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown Dr. Philip W. McLarty. And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. a. Psalms 90 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this nine-volume commentary, respected by legions of devoted students, still ring with timeless truth Psalm 90 is the 90th psalm from the Book of Psalms. This mercy should be sought early. You carry them away like a flood: From God’s eternal perspective, the days and the years and each millennium pass quickly. You can check these in your browser security settings. Psalm 90 is one of the most well-known psalms of the Psalter. In short, as Moses interceded for the people in the face of God’s anger over their creation of the golden calf (Exodus 32:1-6), so Psalm 90 portrays Moses as intercessor in the face of God’s anger expressed in verses 7-11. b. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Psalms 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. A thousand years are nothing to God's eternity: between a minute and a million of years there is some proportion; between time and eternity there is none. It is this difference in point of view that makes a huge difference in how we conduct our lives. God stands forever, but long days have passed away in Your wrath and we finish our years like a sigh. So teach us to number our days: When Moses considered the frail nature of humanity and the righteous judgment of God, it made him ask God for the wisdom to understand the shortness of life. i. Click the verse number to read commentary, definitions, meanings, and notes for that particular Psalms 90 verse. a. “To live with dying thoughts is the way to die with living comforts.” (Trapp). b. He felt that none could measure the might of the Lord’s wrath.” (Spurgeon). Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Young people especially often think their days have no number and give little thought to what lies beyond this life. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. i. i. How long? a 3 You turn humanity back into dust, *. We are taught by all this to stand in awe. Psalm 90 clearly describes this conundrum of human life and powerfully gives a word of hope to the existence and purpose of man. NET RSV ASV YLT DBY WEB HNV. Perhaps only Isaiah 40 can compare with this psalm in presenting God's grandeur and eternity in contrast to our frailty and mortality. In the wilderness Moses and the people of Israel felt consumed by God’s anger and terrified by His wrath. “Lord, if we must die in this desert, if this whole generation (except Caleb and Joshua) must pass away in the wilderness, then, at any rate, give us the fullness of Thy favor now, that we may spend all our remaining days, whether they be too few or many, in gladness and rejoicing.” (Spurgeon), iv. Psalm 90:12, ESV: "So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." iv. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past: Having introduced the idea of God’s eternal being, living outside of time with no beginning or end, Moses poetically repeated the idea. In Psalm 90 Moses focuses on God’s greatness, our human weakness, and our need for the Lord to provide grace for our daily needs. All our days have passed away in Your wrath: With poetic power, Moses compared the eternal nature of the holy God with the frail, temporary nature of sinful man. Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Instead of wasting our precious, fleeting days in pursuing fancies, which leave the possessors for ever poor, let us seek the forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance in heaven. And say, “Return, O children of men.”. “The time of our pilgrimage upon earth is a time of sorrow; we grieve for our departed friends and our surviving friends must soon grieve for us; these are days wherein God afflicteth us.” (Horne), iii. OR Select a … Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. It isn’t a good thing to refer to anyone as homeless. Book Four From Everlasting to Everlasting - A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. © 2020 Christianity.com. The years in which we have seen evil. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, the earth and the world brought forth, from eternity to eternity you are God. God takes interest in the affairs of men and exercises His holy judgment. “It was toward the close of the desert wanderings that Moses wrote this sublime psalm, all the imagery of which is borrowed from the wilderness. God’s perspective of time’s passing is very different from ours. “Of all arithmetical rules this is the hardest – to number our days. Moses connected the ideas of a relatively short and frustrating life to the fact of God’s righteous judgment. He saw it with wicked Egypt and disobedient Israel. Hebrew is the language that the Jews spoke when they wrote the psalms. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. a. For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Psalm 90 The foregoing psalm is supposed to have been penned as late as the captivity in Babylon; this, it is plain, was penned as early as the deliverance out of Egypt, and yet they are put close together in this collection of divine songs. - For … Here, then, it is best for us…to seek a supply of all our wants in God alone.” (Trapp). “This is the highest description of the eternity of God to which human language can reach.” (Clarke), ii. Men can number their herds and droves of oxen and of sheep, they can estimate the revenues of their manors and farms, they can with a little pains number and tell their coins, and yet they are persuaded that their days are infinite and innumerable and therefore do never begin to number them.” (Tymme, cited in Spurgeon), iii. E. This Psalm has several words (and phrases) denoting time. For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: As noted above, this Psalm is ascribed to Moses in the superscription; and one objection cited by scholars against this is Psalms 90:10 which declares man's life-span to be "Three-score and ten years... or even four-score years." Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. If God himself were of yesterday, he would not be a suitable refuge for mortal men; if he could change and cease to be God he would be but an uncertain dwelling-place for his people.” (Spurgeon), iii. The LXX attributes all but Psalm 90 to David. “The Psalmist, about to describe man’s fleeting and transitory state, first directs us to contemplate the unchangeable nature and attributes of God.” (Horne), You turn man to destruction, You have set our iniquities before You: The judgment of God came against His people because of their iniquities. Psalm 90:12, KJV: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." G. Campbell Morgan said of Psalm 93, “Interpretation is almost an impertinence. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. We may request cookies to be set on your device. “To number our days; to consider the shortness and miseries of this life, and the certainty and speediness of death, and the causes and consequences thereof.” (Poole), ii. on StudyLight.org . “As a tale”: … It is a short, bold declaration of God’s might, power, and holiness. Psalms 89:52 : Psalms 90:2 >> Psalm 90:1-4. In this section the two ideas are repeated. In God’s sight a thousand years was like yesterday, like a watch in the night, like a flood, like a night of sleep. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. Jews are people who were born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children. Our years, when gone, can no more be recalled than the words that we have spoken. It was a bold question, as if accusing God of being late in His help. The watch around the campfire at night; the rush of the mountain flood; the grass that sprouts so quickly after the rain, and is as quickly scorched; the sigh of the wearied pilgrim.” (Meyer). Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God: Before anything existed, God was. Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. Return, O LORD: This psalm of Moses carefully considered the judgment of God, and yet his prayerful response to that consideration was a plea to God for His presence, for His compassion, and for His mercy – the hesed of Yahweh, His loyal covenant love. For we have been consumed by Your anger, Chapter 90 The foregoing psalm is supposed to have been penned as late as the captivity in Babylon; this, it is plain, was penned as early as the deliverance out of Egypt, and yet they are put close together in this collection of divine songs. Let it be done reverently.” “Psalm 93 describes a theocracy, as do the seven psalms that follow it. 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. In the morning it flourishes and grows up; More than their tents and their armies, Israel had God as their dwelling place, their refuge and their protection. You can also change some of your preferences. Copy Options. This is the only song of Moses in the psalms, but there are two other songs in the Pentateuch (Exodus 15 and Deuteronomy 32), as well as the blessing of the tribes of Israel in Deuteronomy 33. For a thousand years in your sight. Return, O children of men: This was not a call to repentance; it was a command of man to return to the dust from which he came, an echo of Genesis 3:19: For dust you are, and to dust you shall return. c. Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance: It was not only their obvious iniquities but also their secret sins that God saw. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. From God’s perspective, a thousand years passes quickly like a sleep. a. Psalm 90, Moses. It is a short and quickly-passing life, as the waters of a flood. Few seriously consider it as they ought. Thou dost not suffer us to live so long as we might by the course of nature.” (Poole). “The renewal of his love is associated with “the morning” (cf. Man does but flourish as the grass, which, when the winter of old age comes, will wither; but he may be mown down by disease or disaster. Such sins were not secret before God and His judgment. Let Your work appear to Your servants, 3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” 4 A thousand years in your sight. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. 1. in all generations, Ps. 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