Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
BOOK FOURTH: “A prayer of Moses the man of God.” Lord, a place of refuge hast thou been unto us 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 yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children 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 are in thy eyes but as the yesterday when it 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—
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning [they grow] like the grass which changeth.
6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.
8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.
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 this life are seventy years; and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty, yet is their greatness trouble and mishap; for it soon hasteneth off, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness, that we may be glad and rejoice throughout 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.
Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness.
16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
Let thy act be visible on thy servants, and thy majesty over 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 may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it.
