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 throughout 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 formed, or you formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
You return man to dust, and you say, “Return, you descendants of mankind.”
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 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—
You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up.
6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
In the morning it blooms and grows up; in the evening it withers and dries up.
7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
Truly, we are consumed in your anger, and in your wrath we are terrified.
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 sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
Our life passes away under your wrath; our years quickly pass like a sigh.
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.
Our years are seventy, or even eighty if we are healthy; but even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow. Yes, they pass quickly, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Who knows the intensity of your anger, and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
So teach us to consider our life so that we might live wisely.
13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be? Have pity on 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 in the morning with your covenant faithfulness so 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 in proportion to the days you afflicted us and to the years we have experienced trouble.
16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
Let your servants see your work, and let our children see your majesty.
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!
May the favor of the Lord our God be ours; prosper the work of our hands; indeed, prosper the work of our hands.
