Psalms 90
1 BOOK FOURTH: “A prayer of Moses the man of God.” Lord, a place of refuge hast thou been unto us in all generations.
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
2 Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men.
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
4 For a thousand years are in thy eyes but as the yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning [they grow] like the grass which changeth.
Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
6 In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.
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.
7 For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.
For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.
For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
10 The days of our years in this life are seventy years; and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty, yet is their greatness trouble and mishap; for it soon hasteneth off, and we fly away.
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.
11 Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?
Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
12 Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.
Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
14 O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness, that we may be glad and rejoice throughout all our days.
We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
15 Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness.
We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
16 Let thy act be visible on thy servants, and thy majesty over their children.
Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
17 And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it.
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.
