geneva - 90

geneva@Psalms:90:1 @ «A Prayer of Moses (note:)Thus the Scripture refers to the prophets.(:note) the man of God.» Lord, thou hast been our You have been as a house and defence to us in all our troubles and travels now this four hundred years. dwelling place in all generations.

geneva@Psalms:90:2 @ Before the (note:)You have chosen us to be your people before the foundations of the world were laid.(:note) mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.

geneva@Psalms:90:3 @ Thou (note:)Moses by lamenting the frailty and shortness of man's life moves God to pity.(:note) turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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geneva@Psalms:90:5 @ Thou (note:)You take them away suddenly as with a flood.(:note) carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.

geneva@Psalms:90:6 @ In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.

geneva@Psalms:90:7 @ For we are (note:)You called us by the rods to consider the storms of our life and for our sins you shorten our days.(:note) consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

geneva@Psalms:90:8 @ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.

geneva@Psalms:90:9 @ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we (note:)Our days are not only short but miserable as our sins daily provoke your wrath.(:note) spend our years as a tale [that is told].

geneva@Psalms:90:10 @ The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] (note:)Meaning according to the common state of life.(:note) fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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geneva@Psalms:90:12 @ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto (note:)Which is by considering the shortness of our life, and by meditating the heavenly joys.(:note) wisdom.

geneva@Psalms:90:13 @ Return, O LORD, (note:)Meaning, will you be angry?(:note) how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

geneva@Psalms:90:14 @ Fill vs with thy mercie in the morning: so shall we reioyce and be glad all our dayes.

geneva@Psalms:90:15 @ Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs, and according to the yeeres that we haue seene euill.

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geneva@Psalms:90:17 @ And let the (note:)Meaning, that is was obscured when he ceases to do good to his Church.(:note) beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and For unless you guide us with your Holy Spirit, our enterprises cannot succeed. establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Psalms 90