Psalms 90
1 A Prayer by Moses, the Man of God. Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:
“BOOK IV. 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, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God!
3 Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye 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 are, in thy sight, 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 him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,
6 In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it is cut down and withered.
Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
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 wrath are we destroyed.
8 Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.
Thou settest 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.
By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a 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 life are threescore years and ten, And, by reason of strength, may be fourscore years: Yet is the pride of them weariness and sorrow; For it vanisheth swiftly, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?
12 How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
13 Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon 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 speedily with thy 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 time in which thou hast afflicted us; According to the years in which we have seen adversity!
16 Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children;
Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy 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 upon us, And establish for us the work of our hands; Yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it!
