Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!
Parallel translations
- WEB A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- 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.
- NKJV Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
- NASB Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
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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 your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
- 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.
- 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 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,
- 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.
- John 6:56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
- Exod 33:14–19He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- 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.
- 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.
- Num 13:1–14Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Deut 33:1This is the blessing with which 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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