Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Parallel translations
- WEB A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- BSB A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through 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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Quick answer
Moses confesses that God Himself, not any place, has always been His people's true home and security.
Overview
This is the oldest psalm in the Psalter, ascribed to Moses, and it opens Book IV with eternal perspective. Across every generation, God has been Israel's "dwelling place," their refuge and abiding home. For believers, this enduring shelter is found in God through Christ, in whom we dwell secure forever (John 15:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Deut 33:27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Ps 71:3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
- 1 Jn 4:16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
- Ps 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ezek 11:16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
- Ps 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
- Ps 89:1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
- Exod 33:14–19And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- 1 Kgs 13:1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
- 1 Tim 6:11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
- Isa 8:14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Num 13:1–14And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Deut 33:1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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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.
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