O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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
O satisfy us early with thy mercy. Since they must die, and die so soon, the psalmist pleads for speedy mercy upon himself and his brethren. Good men know how to turn the darkest trials into arguments at the throne of grace. He who has but the heart to pray need never be without pleas in prayer.
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