Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, You are.
3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas you said, Return, you sons of men?
4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
For a thousand years in your sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
For we have perished in your anger, and in your wrath we have been troubled.
8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
You have set our transgressions before you: our age is in the light of your countenance.
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in your wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
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.
[As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Who knows the power of your wrath?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of your wrath? So manifest your right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated concerning your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
We have been satisfied in the morning with your mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
15 Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein you did afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
And look upon your servants, and upon your works; and guide their children.
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!
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do you direct for us the works of our hands.
