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, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury 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 iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)
10 The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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 knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?
12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD 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 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!
