Thou: Psalms 104:29, Psalms 146:4; Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:6-7; Numbers 14:35; Job 12:10, Job 34:14-15; Ecclesiastes 12:7
Return ye children of men: Rather, "Return ye children of Adam;" i.e., to that dust out of which ye were originally formed.
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Psalms 90:3
Psalms 90:3
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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…Psalms 90 — OverviewPsalms 90 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 90:1, Moses, setting forth God’s providence; Psalms 90:3, complains of human fragility, Psalms 90:7, divine chastisements, Psalms 90:10, and brevity of life; Psalms 90:12, He prays for the knowledge and sensible…Psalms 90 — OverviewPsalms 90 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePrayer of Moses the man of God. Here begins the fourth part of the book of Psalms, and with the most ancient psalm throughout the whole book, it being written by Moses; not by one of that name that lived in later times;…Psalms 90:1-6Psalms 90:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm is entitled a prayer of Moses. Where, and in what volume, it
was preserved from Moses's time till the collection of psalms was begun
to be made, is uncertain; but, being divinely inspired, it was under…Psalms 90:1-17Psalms 90:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
THE ascription of this psalm in the title to Moses must be admitted to be very remarkable. No other psalm is so ascribed. Nor indeed is a date given to any other earlier than the time of David. The psalm…Psalms 90:1-17Psalms 90:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Lord our Dwelling place.
There is no need to doubt the assigned authorship of this psalm. It is in entire harmony with the facts and surroundings of Moses' and Israel's life in the wilderness. Observe—
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