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Psalm 90 — Sermon Preparation
A Moses prayer meditating on the sharp contrast between God's eternal existence and the brief, fading life of human beings. Below is a research summary for Psalm 90, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 90 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁנֶה | shâneh | H8141 | 6 | year, revolution |
| בֹּקֶר | bôqer | H1242 | 3 | dawn, morning |
| חָלַף | châlaph | H2498 | 2 | slide, hasten |
| עֶבְרָה | ʻebrâh | H5678 | 2 | outburst |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 3 | turn, return |
| שָׂמַח | sâmach | H8055 | 2 | brighten, be |
| דּוֹר | dôwr | H1755 | 2 | revolution, age |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 90, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations put gladness into our hearts, and a lustre upon our countenances. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 90:12–30 (Public Domain)
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