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, thou hast been our refuge in 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 existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
3 Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
4 For, a thousand years, in thine eyes, [are], As yesterday, in that it passed away, Or [as] a watch in the night.
For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up,
Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
6 In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it is cut down and withered.
In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;
For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
8 Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.
Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
9 For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, —We end our years like a sigh.
For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
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.
[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 labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
11 Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
Who knows the power of thy wrath?
12 How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
13 Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
14 Satisfy us, in the morning, with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad, Throughout all our days.
We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
15 Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:
let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
16 Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children;
And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide 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.
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
