Psalms 90
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling 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 brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, 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 turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.
But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye children of men!”
4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it 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 You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
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 flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and wither.
Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
7 For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.
For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
10 The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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 knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.
Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.
Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!
14 O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Satisfy us speedily with thy mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein you have afflicted us, and the years wherein 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 Let your work appear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy glory to their children!
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be on us: and establish you the work of our hands on us; yes, the work of our hands establish you it.
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!
