Psalms 90 in the early church

108 passages quote, allude to, or echo Psalms 90, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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Psalms 90:1

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	PG 12:1055 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	On Prayer 2.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	On Prayer 5.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 54 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Letter to Marcellinus 17 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	uncertain, after 335
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Oration I Against the Arians 13 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Homilies on the Psalms 45.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-378
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Letter 140.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Letter 140.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Letter 140.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Letter 140.5 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Letter 140.6 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	On the Christian Faith 3.5 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
Ps 90:1–17 (89:1-Ps LXX)	Psalm 89 · Apollinaris of Laodicea	quotation, high confidence	uncertain (fourth to sixth century)
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 35.2.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 45.7.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	Sermon 55.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	Sermon 55.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	Sermon 55.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	Sermon 261.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	On the Trinity 5.16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	On the Trinity 15.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Apology against Rufinus 1.13 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 401–402
Ps 90:1–2 (89:1-Ps LXX)	Apology against Jerome 1.26 · Rufinus of Aquileia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 401
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.66 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
Ps 90:1 (89:1 Vulg.)	The Institutes 3.6 · John Cassian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 419–426
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX)	Sermon 151 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450

Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:2 (89:2 LXX)	On Prayer 5.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
Ps 90:2 (89:2 LXX)	Oration I Against the Arians 13 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
Ps 90:2 (89:2 LXX)	Letter 106.58 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:2 (89:2 LXX)	Letter 140.6 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:2 (89:2 Vulg.)	On the Christian Faith 3.9 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
Ps 90:2 (89:2 LXX)	Homilies on Matthew 5.3 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390

Psalms 90:3

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:3 (89:3 LXX)	Letter 140.7 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:3 (89:3 LXX)	Letter 140.8 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Psalms 90:4

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Epistle of Barnabas 15.4 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130)
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 81.3 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Against Heresies 5.23.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Against Heresies 5.28.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 180–190
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Heads against Gaius, fragment VII (on Rev 20:2-3) · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 200-235
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Commentary on Daniel 4.22-23 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	On Prayer 27.13 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	On the Making of the World 6 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Divine Institutes 7.14.9 · Lactantius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Ps 90:4	Demonstration 2.14 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
Ps 90:4 (89:4 Vulg.)	Treatise on the Mysteries 1.41.2 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–366
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Letter 140.8 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Letter 199.17 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 90:4 (89:4 Vulg.)	Tractates 10 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX)	Tractates on the Gospel of John 64.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420

Psalms 90:5

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:5 (89:5 LXX)	PG 12:1545 (Ps 88–89 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 90:5 (89:5 LXX)	Letter 140.9 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:5 (89:5 LXX)	Letter 140.12 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:5–6 (89:6 Vulg.)	Sermon 359.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:5–6 (89:6 Vulg.)	Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 3 · Eucherius of Lyon	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420-430

Psalms 90:6

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:6 (89:6 LXX)	Letter 140.9 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Psalms 90:7

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:7 (89:7 LXX)	Letter 140.10 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:7 (89:7 LXX)	City of God 22.30 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	413–426

Psalms 90:8

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:8 (89:8 LXX)	Letter 140.11 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Psalms 90:9

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX)	Miscellanies 6.16.145 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX)	PG 12:1547 (Ps 89–91 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX)	Letter 140.12 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.19.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 90:9 (89:9 Vulg.)	Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 2 · Eucherius of Lyon	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420-430
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX)	Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 33 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 421–423

Psalms 90:10

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Miscellanies 6.16.145 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	PG 12:1547 (Ps 89–91 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Fragment E V (on Luke 22:42 ff.) · Dionysius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–265
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Cib. 4 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Life of Antony 16 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Oration 7.18 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Oration 18.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Hexaemeron 2.8 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	On Virginity 4 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–371
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Letter 10.1 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Letter 106.58 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Letter 118.6 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Letter 140.13 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Letter 140.14 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Hexameron (Exameron) 1.36 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 387-390
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.19.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Sermon 38.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:10 (89:10 Vulg.)	City of God 15.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Ps 90:10 (89:10 Vulg.)	Commentary on Jeremiah 5.65 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX)	Commonitorium 2.211–240 · Orientius of Auch	echo, low confidence	ca. 420-450

Psalms 90:11

Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:11 (89:11 LXX)	Letter 140.15 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Psalms 90:12

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:12 (89:12 LXX)	PG 12:1547 (Ps 89–91 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 90:12 (89:12 LXX)	Letter 140.15 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:12 (89:12 LXX)	Letter 140.16 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:12 (89:12 LXX)	Letter 93.28 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 90:12 (89:12 LXX)	Sermon 46.38 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 90:12 (89:12 Vulg.)	Sermon 138.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 391-430

Psalms 90:13

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:13 (89:13 LXX)	Letter 140.17 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Psalms 90:14

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:14 (89:14 LXX)	Letter 140.18 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:14 (89:14 LXX)	Letter 140.21 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:14 (89:14 LXX)	Letter 130.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430

Psalms 90:15

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:15 (89:15 LXX)	Letter 140.19 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:15 (89:15 LXX)	Letter 130.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 90:15 (89:15 Vulg.)	Letters 19.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Ps 90:15–16 (89:15-Ps Vulg.)	Part 2, chapter 37 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Psalms 90:16

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:16 (89:16 LXX)	Letter 140.18 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:16 (89:16 LXX)	Letter 140.20 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Psalms 90:17

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 90:17 (89:17 LXX)	PG 12:1547 (Ps 89–91 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 90:17 (89:17 LXX)	Oration I Against the Arians 12 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
Ps 90:17 (89:17 LXX)	Letter 140.21 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 90:17 (89:17 LXX)	Homily 15 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390–394
Ps 90:17 (89:17 Vulg.)	The Institutes 12.14 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 419–426
Ps 90:17 (89:17 LXX)	The Conferences 13.11 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429