The Meaning of Psalms 90:8 Explained

Psalms 90:8

KJV: Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

YLT: Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

Darby: Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

ASV: Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Discover Psalms 90:8

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 90:8?

MEANING: What does Psalms 90:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 90:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 90:8?

What is the context of Psalms 90:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.

What does Psalms 90:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 90:1-17 - The Message Of The Passing Years

The majestic music of this great psalm separates it from all the rest. It is like the deep bass stop of a mighty organ. Moses' authorship is stamped upon it. It is worthy of the man who had seen God face to face.

Psalms 90:1-6. The transitoriness of human life is contrasted with the stability of God. He is the asylum and home of all the generations of mankind, Deuteronomy 33:27. The earth and its mountains the universe and its worlds, were born of Him; but He Himself had no origin, no beginning. Time is but a sigh, a breath, the swift rush of the mountain-torrent, a tale told by the camp-fire at night, the grass of a morning's growth.

Psalms 90:7-12. A wail is borne in these verses from the forty years of wanderings. The ceaseless succession of graves was the bitter harvest of Israel's rebellions. Oh, that we might apply our hearts to wisdom that we may not fail of God's rest!

Psalms 90:13-17. In the closing words Moses utters a sublime prayer which includes us all. Let us seek to do some good work before we go, and may our children be a nobler generation than ourselves! But all beauty of character and permanence of work must emanate from God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 90

¹ Moses, setting forth God's providence
³ Complains of human fragility
⁷ Divine chastisement
¹⁰ and brevity of life
¹² He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence

What do the individual words in Psalms 90:8 mean?

- You have set our iniquities before You Our secret [sins] in the light of Your countenance

שת [שַׁתָּ֣ה] (עֲוֺנֹתֵ֣ינוּ) לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ לִמְא֥וֹר פָּנֶֽיךָ

שת	-
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: אֹבֵד Sense: destruction.
[שַׁתָּ֣ה]	You have set
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: שִׁית Sense: to put, set.
(עֲוֺנֹתֵ֣ינוּ)	our iniquities
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common plural Root: עָוֹן Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ	before You
Parse: Preposition-l, second person masculine singular Root: נֶגֶד Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ	Our secret [sins]
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular construct, first person common plural Root: עָלַם Sense: to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret.
לִמְא֥וֹר	in the light
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מָאֹור Sense: light, luminary.
פָּנֶֽיךָ	of Your countenance
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 90:8?

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