John Trapp on Psalms 90:1

PSAL. XC.

A Prayer of Moſes] Made by him belike, when he ſaw the carkaſſes of the people fall ſo faſt in the wilderneſſe; committed to writing for the inſtruction of thoſe that were left alive, but ſentenced to death, Numb. 14. and here fitly placed, as an illuſtration of that which was ſaid in the precedent Pſalm, Verſ. 48. What man is he that liveth, and ſhall not ſee death? Shall he deliver his ſoul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Verſ. 1. Lord, thou haſt been our dwelling place] In all our troubles and travels thorough this wilderneſſe, and before, we have not been houſeleſſe and harbourleſſe,Maon. habitaculum tutum. for Thou haſt been our dwelling-place, our habitacle of refuge, as ſome render it. We uſe to ſay A mans houſe is his caſtle. The civile-law ſaith, De domo ſua nemo extrahi debet, aut in jus vocari, quia domus tutiſſimum cui que reſugium at que receptaculum, No man ought to be drawn out of his houſe at the ſute of another; becauſe his houſe is his ſafeſt refuge and receptacle. He that dwelleth in God cannot bee unhouſed, becauſe God is ſtronger than all; neither can any one take another out of his hands, Joh. 10. Here then it is beſt for us to take up as in our manſion-houſe, and to ſeek a ſupply of all our wants in God alone. It was a witty ſaying of that learned Picus Mirandula, God created the Earth for beaſts to inhabit, the Sea for fiſhes, the Air for fouls, the Heaven for Angels and ſtars. Man therefore hath not place to dwell and abide in, but the Lord alone. See Ezek. 11.16.2 Cor. 6.8, 9, 10.