Mazmur 90:1

Book 4
(Psalms 90-106)

Psalm 90 ¹ 

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

90:1 O Lord, you have been our protector ²  through all generations!

Mazmur 103:7

103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts ³  to Moses,

his deeds to the Israelites.

Mazmur 106:16

106:16 In the camp they resented ⁴  Moses,

and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest. ⁵ 

Mazmur 106:32

106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered ⁶  because of them,

[90:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 90. In this communal lament the worship leader affirms that the eternal God and creator of the world has always been Israel’s protector. But God also causes men, who are as transient as grass, to die, and in his fierce anger he decimates his covenant community, whose brief lives are filled with suffering and end in weakness. The community asks for wisdom, the restoration of God’s favor, a fresh revelation of his power, and his blessing upon their labors.

[90:1]  ² tn Or “place of safety.” See Ps 71:3.

[103:7]  ³ tn Heb “made known his ways.” God’s “ways” in this context are his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 18:30; 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 138:5; 145:17).

[106:16]  ⁴ tn Or “envied.”

[106:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the holy one of the Lord.”

[106:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”