Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Psalm 90

^{1 a} Thus the Scritpure vseth to call the Prophetes.

^{1 b} Thou hast bene as an house and defence vnto vs in all our troubles & trauailes now this foure hundreth yeres.

^{1 !} Moses in his praier setteth before vs the eternal sauour of God toward his.

^{2 c} Thou hast chosen vs to be thy people before the fundacions of the worlde were laide.

^{3 !} Who are nether admonished by the breuitie of their life.

^{3 d} Moses by lamenting the frailtei & shortnes of mans life moueth God to pitie.

^{4 e} Thogh man thinke his life long, which is indede most short, yea thogh it were a thousand yeres: yet in Gods sight it is as nothing, and as thy watch that lastest but thre houres.

^{5 f} Thou takest them away suddenly as with a flood.

^{7 !} Nor by his plagues to be thankeful.

^{7 g} Thou callest vs by thy rods to consider the shortnes of our life, & for our sinnes thou abbridgest our daies.

^{9 h} Our daies are not onely short, but miserable, sor asmuch as our sinnes daily prouoke thy wrath.

^{10 i} Meaning, according to the commune state of life.

^{11 k} If mans life for the breuitie be miserable, much more , if thy wrath lie vpon it, as they, which feare thee onely knowe

^{12 l} Which is, by considering the shortnes of our life & by meditating the heauenlie joyes.

^{12 !} Therefore, Moses praieth God to turne their hearts & continue his mercies toward them & their posteritie for euer.

^{13 m} Meaning, wilt you be angrie?

^{13 /} Or, take comfort in thy seruants.

^{16 o} As Gods promises apperteined aswel to their posteritie, as to them, so Moses praieth for the posteritie

^{16 n} Euen thy mercie, which is thy chiefest worke.

^{17 p} Meaning, that it was obscured, when he ceased to do good to his Church.

^{17 q} For except you guide vs with thine holie Spirit, our entreprises can haue no good succes.