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 by Moses, the man of God.] LORD, you have been our dwelling place for 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, before 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, saying, "Return, you descendants of Adam."

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 just like yesterday when it is past, like 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 sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

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

In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

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

For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

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 presence.

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

For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end 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.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, 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, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

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 gain a heart of wisdom.

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

Relent, LORD. How long? Have compassion on your servants.

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

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, 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 for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as 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; 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.

Let the favor of the LORD our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.