Notes: May 21, 2008 - Psalm 90 & Deuteronomy 33
Bob Feather May 21st, 2008
A. Moses died when he was 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7). One wonders when he wrote Psalm 90.
- Eternal God (1-2)
- Temporal Man (3-11)
- How to make the best of your time on earth (12-17)
Meditation Points:
- If the first two divisions of the Psalm present doctrinal truth, the third division presents the practical application. Faith without works is dead. What good is a doctrinal truth if believing it doesn’t affect your life?
- Most people do live to be 70 to 80 years old, don’t they. Of course there are exceptions in any one society and even among societies. For sure, old age is not something most people look forward to.
- Would you be satisfied with God’s mercy, and would that make you rejoice and be glad (Psalm 90:14)?
- God’s presence points out our secret sins (Psalm 90:8). If your secret sins are not being pointed out to you, you should wonder where God is.
- God, Who is not limited by space or time, views things differently from the way we, who are very limited by both space and time, see things (Psalm 90:4). For God, a millennium is like a day.
B. Jacob blessed his sons before he died; Moses blesses his people, under the names of Jacob’s sons, before he dies (Deuteronomy 33).
Meditation Points:
- Moses calls himself “the man of God” (Deuteronomy 33:1). Earlier it was said that he was very meek (Numbers 12:13). Are these statements contradictory?
- Read this chapter carefully, noting the names of Jacob’s sons. Which name is missing? Some have suggested Joshua 19:1 as an explanation.
- In what sense is God’s law “fiery” (Deuteronomy 33:2)?
- Jeshurun (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 33:5,26; and Isaiah 44:2). A name for Israel?
- “Live and not die” (Deuteronomy 33:6). Many people haven’t died yet; but do they live?
- “Accept the work of his hands” (Deuteronomy 33:11). Maybe we should pray this for ourselves.
- Do you “execute the justice of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 33:21)?
- “There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun” (Deuteronomy 33:26), is there?
- And “who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord” (Deuteronomy 33:29)?
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Deuteronomy 34:7
7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Psalm 90:14
14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalm 90:8
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 90:4
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Deuteronomy 33:1
1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Numbers 12:13
13And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
Joshua 19:1
1And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
Deuteronomy 33:2
2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Deuteronomy 32:15
15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy 33:5,26
5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Isaiah 44:2
2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Deuteronomy 33:6
6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Deuteronomy 33:11
11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
Deuteronomy 33:21
21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:26
26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Deuteronomy 33:29
29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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