Psalms 90:1

Psalms 90:1 says, A Prayer of Moses the man of God.  This psalm is identified as a prayer of Moses the man of God, then verse one says, Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.  Matthew Henry says this was likely written during the wilderness wanderings.  Moses remembered God's care for His people in the past.  We should never forget that as Christians God is our resting place.  Verse two adds, Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.  Moses said that before there was anything else, there was God.  God is the Creator of everything, and I believe we either believe this by faith or reject God.  Verse three continues,  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.  As Moses said, though God could simply destroy mankind for their sin and rebellion against Him, He calls them to salvation instead, if they will but heed His call.  Verse four states, For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.  Moses said a thousand years passed as a day with God, but even that is not an ample description, because it still sets limits, and with God time is without limits.  Verse five adds, Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which  groweth up.  Mankind is said to be of a very limited lifetime.  Moses said they were carried away continually on the stream of time.  Verse six continues, In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.  Moses said people were like grass that sprouted up in the morning but at night was cut down.  This lifetime that we have here on earth is very limited when compared to the everlasting life of the soul.  Verse seven concludes, For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.  Moses said that people were consumed by the wrath of God.  It was by the sin of mankind that death entered into the world, and even for those who continue to live in sin rejecting the salvation of Christ, it is not God that is responsible for this.  Verse eight adds, Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.  As Moses said, God knows even our secret sins.  Verse nine continues, For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.  The time that the people of Israel spent wandering in the wilderness were of little value, and neither are the years that we spend wandering in the wilderness of sin.