Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
“BOOK IV. A prayer of Moses, the man of God.” LORD! thou hast been our dwelling-place 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 were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed 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.”
But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “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 sight, As 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 him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,
6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.
8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
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 life are threescore years and ten, And, by reason of strength, may be fourscore years: Yet is the pride of them weariness and sorrow; For it vanisheth swiftly, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy 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 speedily with thy mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad 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.
Make us glad according to the time in which thou hast afflicted us; According to the years in which we have seen adversity!
16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy glory to 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!
Let the favor of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish for us the work of our hands; Yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it!
