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 a habitation, To us—in generation and generation,

2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Before mountains were brought forth, And You form the earth and the world, Even from age to age You [are] God.

3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

You turn man to a bruised thing, And say, 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 one thousand years in Your eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passes on, indeed, [as] a watch by night.

5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

You have inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning he changes as grass.

6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

In the morning it flourishes, and has changed, At evening it is cut down, and has withered.

7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

For we were consumed in Your anger, And we have been troubled in Your fury.

8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

You have set our iniquities before You, Our hidden things at the light of Your face,

9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

For all our days pined away in Your wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)

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, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet their enlargement [is] labor and vanity, For it has been cut off quickly, and we fly away.

11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

Who knows the power of Your anger? And according to Your fear—Your wrath?

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Let [us] know to number our days correctly, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

Turn back, O YHWH, until when? And regret 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.

Satisfy us at morning [with] Your kindness, And we sing and rejoice 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 according to the days Wherein You have afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your honor on 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 let the pleasantness of our God YHWH be on us, And establish on us the work of our hands, Indeed, establish the work of our hands!