Psalms 90:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. ”

Psalms 90:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before the mountains were brought forth - Before the earth brought forth or produced the mountains. In the description of the creation it would be natural to represent the mountains as the first...
Psalms 90:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Before the (c) mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God. (c) You have chosen us to be your people before...
Psalms 90:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

BOOK IV. PSS. XC.- CVI. XC. Man's Mortality and his Refuge in the Ever-living God. Psalms 90:1-6 . The nothingness of man's life, the eternity of God's life. Psalms 90:7-10 . It is the sinf...
Psalms 90:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Or. . Ere. Positive, not comparative. Anglo-Saxon aer, from which we have our modern "ere"; found formerly as "er", "ear", and "yer". In Authorized Version, 1611, Numbers 11:33 read "yer it was...
Psalms 90:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Before the mountains were brought forth. Moses designs to set forth some high and hidden mystery, and yet he seems to speak feebly, and, as it were, in a puerile manner. For who does not k...
Psalms 90:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Before the mountains were brought forth - The mountai...
Psalms 90:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever...
Psalms 90:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Before the mountains. — Render either, “Before the mountains were born, Or ever the earth and world were brought forth,” in synonymous parallelism, or, better, in progressive, “Before the mounta...
Psalms 90:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 90:1-17 THE sad and stately music of this great psalm befits the dirge of a world. How artificial and poor, beside its restrained emotion and majestic simplicity, do even the most deeply fe...
Psalms 90:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Message of the Passing Years Psalms 90:1-17 The majestic music of this great psalm separates it from all the rest. It is like the deep bass stop of a mighty organ. Moses' authorship is stam...
Psalms 90:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The main purpose of this psalm is revealed in the prayer with which it concludes (vv. Psa 90:13-17). This prayer is prefaced by a meditation on the frailty of man (vv. Psa 90:3-12), in the light of e...
Psalms 90:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing within the compass of words can more strongly define the vast and immeasurable distance between the eternity of Jehovah and the vapourish life of man, than what these few verses express. The...
Psalms 90:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Before the mountains were brought forth ,.... Or "were born" b, and came forth out of the womb and bowels of the earth, and were made to rise and stand up at the command of God, as they did when he...
Psalms 90:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God. Ver. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth ]...
Psalms 90:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Before the mountains The most fixed and stable parts of the earth; were brought forth That is, arose out of the waters; or ever thou hadst formed the earth , &c. That is, from eternity, whic...
Psalms 90:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Care of His People; Frailty of Human Life. A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelli...
Psalms 90:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The mountains ; which he mentions as the most fixed and stable part of the earth. Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world , i.e. from eternity; which is frequently described in this mann...
Psalms 90:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A prayer of Moses the man of God .” “The Psalm is described in the title,” says Hengstenberg, “as a prayer . This description shows, as Amyraldus saw, that the kern...
Psalms 90:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 90:1-2 Scripture certainly emphasises in many places the frail and fleeting aspect of life; the thought of man's mortality runs as a wail through many a psalm, and touches with pathos the h...
Psalms 90:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A Prayer of Moses the man of God. It may help us to understand this Psalm if we recollect the circumstances which surrounded Moses when he was in the desert. For forty years, he had to see a whole ge...
Psalms 90:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 90:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. The prayer of Moses The propriety of the title is confirmed by the psalm’s unique simplicity and grandeur; its appropriateness to his...
Psalms 90:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE ascription of this psalm in the title to Moses must be admitted to be very remarkable. No other psalm is so ascribed. Nor indeed is a date given to any other earlier than the ti...
Psalms 90:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Mercy of God Man's Only Refuge. A prayer of Moses, the man of God, the prophet who stood in the relation of an intimate friend to the God of Israel, who here contrasts man's frailty, the conse...
Psalms 90:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:15 ; 1 Timothy 6:16 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Habakkuk 1:12 ; Hebrews 1:10-12 ; Hebrews 13:8 ; Isaiah 44:6 ; Isaiah 45:22 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; Job 38:28 ; Job 38:29 ; Job 38:4-6 ; Micah 5:...
Psalms 90:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou — Thou hadst thy power, and all thy perfections, from all eternity.

Psalms 90:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 90:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 90:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 90:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 90:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 90:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 90:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 90:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 90:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 90:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 90:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes