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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 90 - Introduction

* The eternity of God, the frailty of man. (1-6) Submission to Divine chastisements. (7-11) Prayer for mercy and grace. (12-17)

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See also Psalms 90 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm is one of the most remarkable in the whole collection. It is said, in the title, to be “A Prayer of Moses, the man of God;” or, as it is in the margin, “being a Psalm of Moses.” The origina...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    Psalms 90: PSALMS 90-106. THE FOURTH, OR NUMBERS BOOK. NUMBERS is the name that man has given to the fourth hook of the Pentateuch, on account of the numberings recorded in Chapter s 13 and 26. The na...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    THE PSALMS BOOK IV Psalms 90-106 This Psalm consists of three divisions. i. It is to Jehovah alone that Israel can appeal in their distress, though He seems to have forsaken them. He has proved Hi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    Book IV. XC. Notwithstanding the unanimous rejection of the Mosaic title of this psalm by the ancient and mediaeval Christian commentators, it has found supporters among modern critics. It is urged th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 90 A PRAYER 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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2514. B.C. 1490._ Here begins the fourth book of Psalms, according to the division of the Hebrews; “differing from the rest,” says Bishop Patrick, “in this, that as those of the first book are...

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