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A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
Psalms 90:1 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
  • BSB A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  • ESV Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
  • NKJV Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
  • NASB Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
  • NLT Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 14

  • Deut 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
  • 1 Jn 4:16We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
  • Ps 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
  • Ps 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ezek 11:16“Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.”’
  • Ps 91:9Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
  • John 6:56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
  • Ps 89:1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  • Exod 33:14–19He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
  • 1 Tim 6:11But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
  • Isa 8:14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Beth El; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
  • Deut 33:1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
  • Num 13:1–14Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 90:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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