Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
A Prayer by Moses, the Man of God. Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to 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, the mountains, were born, Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world, Even, from age to age, thou, [wast] GOD.
3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
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 thine eyes, [are], As yesterday, in that it passed away, Or [as] a watch in the night.
Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up,
6 In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it 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 in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;
8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy 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, decline in thy wrath, —We end our years like a sigh.
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, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.
11 Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And 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, in the morning, with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad, Throughout 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 thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:
16 Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon 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 delightfulness of Adonay our God be upon us, —And, the work of our hands, establish thou upon us, Yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
