Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
Before the mountains were brought forth, before even you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, all of you children of men.
4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
6 In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and withers.
7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.
8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.
12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.
14 In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
Make us glad according to the days wherein you have afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Let your work appear unto your servants, and your glory unto their children.
17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish you the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish you it.
