Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalm 90

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Psalm 90 . 1 , Moses , setting forth God’s providence; Psalm 90 . 3 , complains of human fragility , Psalm 90 . 7 , divine chastisements , Psalm 90 . 10 , and brevity of life; Psalm 90 . 12 , He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God’s good providence.

being a Psalm of Moses. This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by Moses , when all the generation of the Israelites who had offended God , were sentenced to fail in the wilderness , at the age of seventy or eighty years , except Moses , Caleb , and Joshua. Num. 13 . 1-14 . 45

Psalm 90:1

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

Psalm 90:1 · BSB

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Heb. generation and generation

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Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Psalm 90:2 · BSB

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Psalm 90:3

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

Psalm 90:3 · BSB

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Return ye children of men Rather , "Return ye children of Adam;" i.e. , to that dust out of which ye were originally formed.

Psalm 90:4

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

Psalm 90:4 · BSB

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is past or , when he hath passed them

Psalm 90:5

You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Psalm 90:5 · BSB

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groweth up or , is changed

Psalm 90:6

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

Psalm 90:6 · BSB

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Psalm 90:7

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

Psalm 90:7 · BSB

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Psalm 90:8

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalm 90:8 · BSB

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Psalm 90:9

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

Psalm 90:9 · BSB

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Heb. a meditation

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passed Heb. turned

we spend The Vulgate has , Anni nostri sicut aranea mediatabuntur , "Our years pass away like those of the spider." Our plans and operations are like the spider's web. Life is as frail , and the thread of it as brittle , as one of those which constitute the well-wrought and curious , but fragile habitation of that insect. All the versions have the word spider , but it is not found in any Hebrew manuscripts , or edition yet collated. The Hebrew might be rendered , "We consume our lives with a groan ," kemo hegeh.

Psalm 90:10

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Psalm 90:10 · BSB

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etc. Heb. As for the days of our years , in them are seventy years

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Psalm 90:11

Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

Psalm 90:11 · BSB

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Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12 · BSB

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apply our hearts Heb. cause our hearts to come

Psalm 90:13

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

Psalm 90:13 · BSB

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Psalm 90:14

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Psalm 90:14 · BSB

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Psalm 90:15

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Psalm 90:15 · BSB

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Psalm 90:16

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

Psalm 90:16 · BSB

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Psalm 90:17

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

Psalm 90:17 · BSB

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