103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts 1 to Moses,
his deeds to the Israelites.
106:16 In the camp they resented 2 Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest. 3
77:20 You led your people like a flock of sheep,
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
105:26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered 4 because of them,
Book 4
(Psalms 90-106)
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
90:1 O Lord, you have been our protector 6 through all generations!
99:6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests;
Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. 7
They 8 prayed to the Lord and he answered them.
106:23 He threatened 9 to destroy them,
but 10 Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him 11
and turned back his destructive anger. 12
1 tn Heb “made known his ways.” God’s “ways” in this context are his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 18:30; 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 138:5; 145:17).
2 tn Or “envied.”
3 tn Heb “the holy one of the
3 tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”
4 sn Psalm 90. In this communal lament the worship leader affirms that the eternal God and creator of the world has always been Israel’s protector. But God also causes men, who are as transient as grass, to die, and in his fierce anger he decimates his covenant community, whose brief lives are filled with suffering and end in weakness. The community asks for wisdom, the restoration of God’s favor, a fresh revelation of his power, and his blessing upon their labors.
5 tn Or “place of safety.” See Ps 71:3.
5 tn Heb “among those who called on his name.”
6 tn Heb “those who.” The participle is in apposition to the phrase “those who called on his name” in the preceding line.
6 tn Heb “and he said.”
7 tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”
8 tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”
9 tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”