Psalms 90

1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.

Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.

3 Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.

Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?

4 For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:

Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.

6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.

Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.

9 For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.

For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

[As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

Who knows the power of thy wrath?

12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.

and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.

13 Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.

14 Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.

let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.

17 And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.

And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.