Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Moses opens by anchoring the people to God's covenant favor before he addresses their misery and judgment. He means to say: yes, you die like all men, yes, God punishes sin, but He has adopted you, and that peculiar grace is your true dwelling place through all generations.
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Commenting on Psalm 90:1-17
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us. Even upon us who must not see thy glory in the land of Canaan; it shall suffice us if in our characters the holiness of God is reflected, and if over all our camp the lovely excellences of our God shall cast a sacred beauty. Sanctification should be the daily object of our petitions.
Numbering our days rightly is an art we must learn from God: we must live under constant weight of death's nearness, compare our work to our time, and mind it with double diligence. True wisdom is serious godliness, and frequent thoughts of our swift removal hence will stir us mightily toward it.
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Commenting on Psalm 90:12-17