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 dwelling-place 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 were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.

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

Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children 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 yesterday when it 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,

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:

6 In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it 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 in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

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

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] 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 pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.

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 days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

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 acquire a wise heart.

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

Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

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

Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; 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 according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.

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

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

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 beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.