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Fourth Book—Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90[a]

God’s Eternity and Human Frailty

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

I

Lord, you have been our refuge
    through all generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90 A communal lament that describes only in general terms the cause of the community’s distress. After confidently invoking God (Ps 90:1), the Psalm turns to a complaint contrasting God’s eternity with the brevity of human life (Ps 90:2–6) and sees in human suffering the punishment for sin (Ps 90:7–12). The Psalm concludes with a plea for God’s intervention (Ps 90:13–17).