Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 90:3
3. to destruction—literally, "even to dust" (Genesis 3:19), which is partly quoted in the last clause. read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 90:4
4. Even were our days now a thousand years, as Adam's, our life would be but a moment in God's sight (2 Peter 3:8). a watch—or, third part of a night (compare Exodus 14:24). 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 90:1-12
1. The transitory nature of human life 90:1-12 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
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:1-17
The title of this Ps. (A Prayer of Moses the man of God) ascribes it to Moses, but several considerations have been pointed out which suggest a later date for its composition. The average length of life in the time of Moses is supposed to have been greater than that mentioned in Psalms 90:10 (Deuteronomy 34:7; Joshua 24:29). Israel’s national life seems not to be just beginning, but to have lasted already for many generations (Psalms 90:1). The recent past has been a time of calamity rather... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:1-48
Book 4The Pss. in this book, as in that which follows, are mostly of comparatively late date, and suitable for use in the worship of the sanctuary.The two books seem to have been conjoined at one time, and to have formed the third great division of the Psalter. In the 17 Pss. of Book 4 several smaller groups or collections are to be distinguished. Psalms 93, 95-100 are called the ’theocratic’ Pss., because they celebrate God as King, finding in the restoration of Israel from Babylon the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 90:1
(1) Dwelling place.—LXX. and Vulg., “refuse,” possibly reading maôz (as in Psalms 37:39) instead of maôn. So some MSS. But Deuteronomy 33:17 has the feminine of this latter word, and the idea of a continued abode strikes the key-note of the psalm. The short duration of each succeeding generation of men on the earth is contrasted with the eternity of God and the permanence given to Israel as a race by the covenant that united them with the Eternal. But we may give extension to the thought. Human... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 90:2
(2) Before the mountains.—Render either,“Before the mountains were born,Or ever the earth and world were brought forth,”in synonymous parallelism, or, better, in progressive,“Before the mountains were born,Or ever the earth and world brought forth”—i.e., before vegetation or life appeared. (Comp. Job 15:7.) “Mountains” are a frequent symbol of antiquity, as well as of enduring strength. (See Genesis 49:26; Proverbs 8:25.) The expression, “earth and the world,” may be taken as meaning the earth,... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 90:2
2. brought forth [and] formed—both express the idea of production by birth. read more