“Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.”
Psalm 90, attributed to Moses, opens with an affirmation of God's eternal nature: "Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations." The characterization of God as dwelling place—a place of refuge and habitation—establishes the intimate security of the covenant relationship. The span "in all generations" emphasizes the continuity of divine shelter across time.
Church Fathers on Psalms 90:1
1. This Psalm is entitled, “The prayer of Moses the man of God,” through whom, His man, God gave the law to His people, through whom He freed them from the house of slavery, and led them forty years through the wilderness. Moses was therefore the Minister of the Old, and the Prophet of the New Testament. For “all these things,” says the Apostle, “happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the world come.” 1 Corinthians…
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