Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, through every generation, you have been “home” for us!
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,
2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity past to eternity future, you are God.
Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.
3 You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”
Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
4 In your eyes, a thousand years are like a day that's already gone; like a few passing hours of the night.
For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
5 You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
6 it sprouts in the morning, fresh and new, but by the evening it is withered and dead.
In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
7 We are burned up by your anger, terrified by your fury.
For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.
8 You have set out our sins before you—our secret sins are visible in the light of your presence.
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
9 Our lives fade away under your anger, coming to an end as quickly as a sigh.
For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)
10 We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.
Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.
11 Who can know the power of your anger? Who understands your fury so you can be shown reverence?
Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?
12 Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!
To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
13 Lord, how long will it be before you come back to us and have pity on us your servants?
Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
14 Show us every morning your trustworthy love so we may be happy, full of joy throughout our lives.
Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you made us sad, for all the years we suffered!
Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
16 May we, your servants, see you at work for us again; may our children see your glory.
Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.
17 May our Lord God be pleased with us, blessing what we do, blessing what we do.
And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!
