Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in 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 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, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God!
3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye 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 are, in thy sight, As yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
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 is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.
8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
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 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 has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy 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 speedily with thy 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 time in which thou hast afflicted us; According to the years in which we have seen adversity!
16 Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy glory to their children!
17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to 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!
