Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
“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, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art 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 Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye children of men!”
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as 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.
5 Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
Thou carriest him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,
6 In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
7 For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
10 The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.
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 knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
12 Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!
14 We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
Satisfy us speedily with thy mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
Make us glad according to the time in which thou hast afflicted us; According to the years in which we have seen adversity!
16 Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy glory to their children!
17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
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!
