Psalms 90

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

Lord, you have 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, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

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

You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you 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 your sight are but 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,

You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.

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

In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and wither.

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

For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.

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 countenance.

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

For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

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 three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; 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 knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.

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 apply our hearts to wisdom.

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

Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.

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

O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice 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 you have afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

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

Let your work appear to your servants, and your glory 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.

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be on us: and establish you the work of our hands on us; yes, the work of our hands establish you it.