Psalms 90

1 A Prayer by Moses, the Man of God. Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

2 Before, the mountains, were born, Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world, Even, from age to age, thou, [wast] GOD.

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

3 Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

4 For, a thousand years, in thine eyes, [are], As yesterday, in that it passed away, Or [as] a watch in the night.

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

5 Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up,

You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

6 In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it is cut down and withered.

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

8 Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9 For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, —We end our years like a sigh.

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

10 The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.

The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!

Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

12 How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

13 Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

14 Satisfy us, in the morning, with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad, Throughout all our days.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

16 Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children;

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

17 And let the delightfulness of Adonay our God be upon us, —And, the work of our hands, establish thou upon us, Yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!