Psalms 90
1 “BOOK IV. 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, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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 the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
3 But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye children of men!”
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years are, in thy sight, As yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
6 Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
9 By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
10 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.
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.
11 Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
12 Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
13 Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 Satisfy us speedily with thy mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the time in which thou hast afflicted us; According to the years in which we have seen adversity!
Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
16 Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy glory to their children!
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17 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!
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.
