Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge 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 existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, You are.
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 back to [his] low place, whereas you said, Return, you sons 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 as the 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 Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
Thou carriest him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,
6 In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
7 For we have perished in your anger, and in your wrath we have been troubled.
For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.
8 You have set our transgressions before you: our age is 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 gone, and we have passed away in your wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
10 [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 labor and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
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 wrath?
Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
12 and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of your wrath? So manifest your right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated concerning your servants.
Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!
14 We have been satisfied in the morning with your mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
Satisfy us speedily with thy mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein you did afflict us, the years wherein we saw 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 And look upon your servants, and upon your works; and guide 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 do you direct for us the works of our hands.
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!
