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 from generation to generation.
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 made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
3 Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O 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 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,
Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
6 In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it is cut down and withered.
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 we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;
For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
8 Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life 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 spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered 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.
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 thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
12 How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
13 Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
14 Satisfy us, in the morning, with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad, Throughout all our days.
We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
15 Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:
We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
16 Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children;
Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct 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 direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
