Geneva Bible Notes: Psalms 90

Psalms 90:1 ^a Thus the Scritpure vseth to call the Prophetes.

Psalms 90:1 ^b Thou hast bene as an house and defence vnto vs in all our troubles & trauailes now this foure hundreth yeres.

Psalms 90:1 ^! Moses in his praier setteth before vs the eternal sauour of God toward his.

Psalms 90:2 ^c Thou hast chosen vs to be thy people before the fundacions of the worlde were laide.

Psalms 90:3 ^! Who are nether admonished by the breuitie of their life.

Psalms 90:3 ^d Moses by lamenting the frailtei & shortnes of mans life moueth God to pitie.

Psalms 90:4 ^e Thogh man thinke his life long, which is indede most short, yea thogh it were a thousand yeres: yet in Gods sight it is as nothing, and as thy watch that lastest but thre houres.

Psalms 90:5 ^f Thou takest them away suddenly as with a flood.

Psalms 90:7 ^! Nor by his plagues to be thankeful.

Psalms 90:7 ^g Thou callest vs by thy rods to consider the shortnes of our life, & for our sinnes thou abbridgest our daies.

Psalms 90:9 ^h Our daies are not onely short, but miserable, sor asmuch as our sinnes daily prouoke thy wrath.

Psalms 90:10 ⁱ Meaning, according to the commune state of life.

Psalms 90:11 ^k If mans life for the breuitie be miserable, much more , if thy wrath lie vpon it, as they, which feare thee onely knowe

Psalms 90:12 ^l Which is, by considering the shortnes of our life & by meditating the heauenlie joyes.

Psalms 90:12 ^! Therefore, Moses praieth God to turne their hearts & continue his mercies toward them & their posteritie for euer.

Psalms 90:13 ^m Meaning, wilt you be angrie?

Psalms 90:13 ^/ Or, take comfort in thy seruants.

Psalms 90:16 ^o As Gods promises apperteined aswel to their posteritie, as to them, so Moses praieth for the posteritie

Psalms 90:16 ⁿ Euen thy mercie, which is thy chiefest worke.

Psalms 90:17 ^p Meaning, that it was obscured, when he ceased to do good to his Church.

Psalms 90:17 ^q For except you guide vs with thine holie Spirit, our entreprises can haue no good succes.