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, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and 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 mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.

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

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, 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 Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

5 Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up,

Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

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

In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

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

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

8 Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

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

For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)

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.

Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!

Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?

12 How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

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

Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning 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 at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

15 Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

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

Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

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 pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!