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, through every generation, you have been “home” for us!
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, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity past to eternity future, you are God.
3 Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”
4 For, a thousand years, in thine eyes, [are], As yesterday, in that it passed away, Or [as] a watch in the night.
In your eyes, a thousand years are like a day that's already gone; like a few passing hours 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 bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
6 In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it is cut down and withered.
it sprouts in the morning, fresh and new, but by the evening it is withered and dead.
7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;
We are burned up by your anger, terrified by your fury.
8 Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.
You have set out our sins before you—our secret sins are visible in the light of your presence.
9 For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, —We end our years like a sigh.
Our lives fade away under your anger, coming to an end as quickly as 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.
We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.
11 Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
Who can know the power of your anger? Who understands your fury so you can be shown reverence?
12 How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!
13 Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Lord, how long will it be before you come back to us and have pity on us your servants?
14 Satisfy us, in the morning, with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad, Throughout all our days.
Show us every morning your trustworthy love so we may be happy, full of joy throughout our lives.
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 made us sad, for all the years we suffered!
16 Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children;
May we, your servants, see you at work for us again; may our children see your glory.
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 our Lord God be pleased with us, blessing what we do, blessing what we do.
