psalm-90:12

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:12

Psalms 90:12 (with 2 Kings 20:11 ) The Bible is God's dial, by which we have to measure life. I. The dial must be so placed as to receive the rays of the sun. Every line will then come into use. II. The dial of Ahaz was a public instrument intended for all the people of Jerusalem. The Bible is for all. III. Clouds would sometimes obscure the sun, and then the dial of Ahaz was in shadow. Clouds sometimes come between the mind and God's book, but the Sun of righteousness never sets, and there... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 90:11-12

DISCOURSE: 651GOD’S ANGER A REASON FOR TURNING TO HIMPsalms 90:11-12. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.THIS psalm is entitled, “A prayer of Moses the man of God.” It seems to have been written by Moses on account of the judgment denounced against the whole nation of Israel, that they should die in the wilderness [Note: ver. 3.]. It had been already executed to a great... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:1-17

Psalms 90:1-17 is a psalm of Moses. Now Moses was also a writer and he wrote psalms and songs, and this is one of the psalms of Moses.LORD [or Jehovah], thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God ( Psalms 90:1-2 ).Declaring the eternal nature of God. Before the world ever existed, from everlasting to everlasting.The word everlasting is an... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 90:1-17

The fourth book of Hebrew psalms opens here. The characters of the composition are majestic and sublime beyond imitation. The Chaldaic says, that this was a prayer of Moses, when the Hebrews were cut off in the desert. See note on Psalms 90:10. Psalms 90:1 . Our dwelling-place, עון on, or as the Gothic, wone, to dwell, to inhabit, to co-inhabit: the reference is to the mercyseat. The LXX, Vulgate, and other Versions read, “place of defence,” or refuge; for in God is our refuge, even... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 90:1-17

Psalms 90:1-17Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.The prayer of MosesThe propriety of the title is confirmed by the psalm’s unique simplicity and grandeur; its appropriateness to his times and circumstances at the close of the error in the wilderness; its resemblance to the law in urging the connection between sin and death; its similarity of diction to the poetical portions of the Pentateuch (Exodus 15:1-27; Deuteronomy 32:1-52; Deuteronomy 33:1-29), without the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 90:12-17

Psalms 90:12-17So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Man imploring the mercy of GodMoses prays--I. For a right estimate as to the duration of life. “Teach us to number our days,” etc.,1. There is a certain judgment to be formed as to the duration of our earthly life. The prayer does not mean that we should know the hour, scene, or circumstance of our end; but that we should have a practical impression that life is temporary and preparative.2. There is a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 90:12

Psa 90:12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom. Ver. 12. So teach us to number our days ] The philosopher affirms, that man is therefore the wisest of creatures, because he alone can number, Bruta non numerant. But in this divine arithmetic of numbering our days (to the which all other is not to be compared, no, though we could, as Archimedes boasted, number the stars of heaven, or the sands by the sea shore), God himself must be our teacher, or we... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 90:12

So: Psalms 39:4, Deuteronomy 32:29, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Luke 12:35-Matthew :, John 9:4, Ephesians 5:16, Ephesians 5:17 that: Job 28:28, Proverbs 2:2-Joshua :, Proverbs 3:13-Job :, Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 7:1-Numbers :, Proverbs 8:32-Zephaniah :, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 23:23 apply our hearts: Heb. cause our hearts to come Reciprocal: Genesis 47:28 - the whole age Job 15:20 - the number Psalms 119:84 - How Proverbs... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 90:12

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.Teach us — To consider the shortness of life, and the certainty and speediness of death.That — That we may heartily devote ourselves to true wisdom. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 90:12

12. So teach us This looks to the end of all divine judgment. Lamentations 3:39-40. God’s displeasure is manifested to awaken a salutary fear of him, which shall turn men from sin, and lead to the practice of wisdom. So long as men treat sin as a trifle they will treat God with irreverence and themselves with abuse. Revelation 15:4 read more