A Prayer of Moses the man of God. It may help us to understand this
Psalm if we recollect the circumstances which surrounded Moses when he
was in the desert. For forty years, he had to see a whole generation
of people die in the wilderness. In addition to the deaths which might
occur among those who... [ Continue Reading ]
«A prayer of Moses, the man of God.» It is well to know the author,
because it helps you to an understanding of the psalm. Remember that
Moses lived in the midst of a pilgrim people who were dwelling in
tents, journeying towards Canaan. He lived in the midst of a people
doomed to die in the wilderne... [ Continue Reading ]
«A prayer of Moses, the man of God.» I think this Psalm has been
very much misunderstood, because the title has been forgotten. It is
not a Psalm for us in its entirety: it cannot be read by the Christian
man and taken as it stands. It is a Psalm of Moses as far as Moses can
get. It goes a long way,... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 90:1 is entitled «A Prayer of Moses the man of God,» and it
furnishes a suitable prayer for every man of God. Any men of God who
have had experience as deep, and trying, and varied as that of Moses
will be the better able to enter into the spirit of the Psalm.
Psalms 90:1. _LORD thou hast be... [ Continue Reading ]