Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
A Past Judgment, Not a Present Wrath
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, emphasize that this verse describes the specific historical judgment on the Israelites in the wilderness. For Christians, God's consuming anger has been turned away by Christ's sacrifice. Believers may experience God's fatherly discipline, but they are not subject to the condemning wrath described here.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Psalms
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
9
Albert Barnes
On Psalms 90:7
18th Century
Theologian
For we are consumed by your anger — That is, Death — the cutting off of the human race — may be regarded as an expression of your d…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 90:7
19th Century
Bishop
We. — The change to the first person plural shows that the poet was not merely moralizing on the brevity of human life, but utteri…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 90:7
19th Century
Preacher
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Yes, if the Lord releases even a little of His wrath for a wh…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Calvin
On Psalms 90:7
16th Century
Theologian
For we fail by thy anger. Moses deliberately mentions God's anger, for it is necessary for people to be deeply affected by this, so that t…
John Gill
On Psalms 90:7
17th Century
Pastor
For we are consumed by your anger
Kimchi applies this to the Jews in captivity; but it is to be understood of the Is…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 90:7–11
17th Century
Minister
The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the…