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. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.
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 became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God.
3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O 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 before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night,
5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
which was held for nothing: so their years shall be.
6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.
7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
For, at your wrath, we have withered away, and we have been disturbed by your fury.
8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
You have placed our iniquities in your sight, our age in the illumination of your countenance.
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
For all our days have faded away, and at your wrath, we have fainted. Our years will be considered to be like a spider’s web.
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.
The days of our years in them are seventy years. But in the powerful, they are eighty years, and more of these are with hardship and sorrow. For mildness has overwhelmed us, and we shall be corrected.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Who knows the power of your wrath? And, before fear, can your wrath
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
be numbered? So make known your right hand, along with men learned in heart, in wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Return, O Lord, how long? And may you be persuaded on behalf of 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 were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we exulted and delighted all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, because of the years in which we saw evils.
16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
Look down upon your servants and upon their works, and direct their sons.
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 may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us. And so, direct the works of our hands over us; direct even the work of our hands.
