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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 90 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Here begins the fourth part of the book of Psalms, and with the most ancient psalm throughout the whole book, it being written by Moses; not by one of that name that lived in later times; nor by one of his posterity; nor by some one who composed it, agreeably to his words and doctrines, and called it by his name; but by that Moses by...
John Gill
Thou turnest man to destruction,.... Or to death, as the Targum, which is the destruction of man; not an annihilation of body or soul, but a dissolution of the union between them; the words may be rendered, "thou turnest man until he is broken" (b); and crumbled into dust; thou turnest him about in the world, and through a course of afflictions and diseases, and at last by old age, and however by...
Matthew Henry
The foregoing psalm is supposed to have been penned as late as the captivity in Babylon; this, it is plain, was penned as early as the deliverance out of Egypt, and yet they are put close together in this collection of divine songs. This psalm was penned by Moses (as appears by the title), the most ancient penman of sacred writ. We have upon record a praising song of his (Exod. xv., which is...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. He sends us forth into life, and he calls us back again in death.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, return, ye children of men. He has only to speak — no need to take the scythe and mow us down. He does but say, “Return, ye children of men,” and we go back to the dust.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men. A breath gave them life: a word makes them die.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Man is mortal, conspicuously so. As we walk about our streets, how we miss our old companions one by one. They have returned to the bosom of mother earth whence they first sprang. The inhabitants of this world seem to pass in procession before our eyes; those who were here a few minutes ago are gone past, and another rank...