Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in 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 made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, 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 send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
You turn man to a bruised thing, And say, Return, you sons 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 one thousand years in Your eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passes on, indeed, [as] a watch by night.
You have inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning he changes as grass.
6 In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
In the morning it flourishes, and has changed, At evening it is cut down, and has withered.
7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
For we were consumed in Your anger, And we have been troubled in Your fury.
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 hidden things at the light of Your face,
9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
For all our days pined away in Your wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)
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, 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 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? And according to Your fear—Your wrath?
12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Let [us] know to number our days correctly, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Turn back, O YHWH, until when? And regret 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.
Satisfy us at morning [with] Your kindness, And we sing and rejoice 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.
Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein You have afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
16 Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your honor on their sons.
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 pleasantness of our God YHWH be on us, And establish on us the work of our hands, Indeed, establish the work of our hands!
