Psalms 90

1 Lord, you have always (been [like] a home for us/protected us) [MET].

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

2 Before you created the mountains, before you formed the earth and everything that is in it, you were eternally God, and you will be God forever.

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

3 [When people die], you cause their corpses to become soil again; you change their corpses to become dirt like [the first man] was created from.

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

4 When you (consider/think about) time, 1,000 years are [as short as] [SIM] one day which passes; [you consider that] [HYP] they are as short as a few hours in the night.

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

5 You cause people suddenly to die [MET]; they [live only a short time], like a dream lasts only a short time. They are like grass/weeds [SIM] that grow up.

You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

6 In the morning [DOU] the grass sprouts and grows well, but in the evening it dries up and (completely withers/dies).

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

7 [Similarly], [because of the sins that we have committed], you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us.

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

8 [It is as though] you place our sins in front of you, you spread out even our secret sins where you can see them.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9 Because you are angry with us, you cause our lives to end; the years that we live pass as quickly as a sigh does.

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

10 People live for only 70 years; but if they are strong, some of them live for 80 years. But even during good years we have much pain and troubles; our lives soon end, and we die [EUP].

The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

11 No one [RHQ] has fully experienced the powerful things you can do to them when you are angry with them, and people are not afraid that you will greatly punish them because of your being angry with them.

Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

12 So teach/help us to realize that we live for only a short time in order that we may [use our time] wisely.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

13 Yahweh, how long [will you be angry with us]? Pity us who serve you.

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

14 Each morning show us that your faithfully loving us is enough for us in order that we may shout joyfully and be happy for the rest of our lives.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15 Cause us to now be as happy for as many years as you (afflicted us/caused us to be sad) and we experienced troubles.

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

16 Enable us to see the [great] things that you do and enable our descendants to [also] see your glorious power.

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

17 Lord, our God, give us your blessings and enable us to be successful; yes, cause us to be successful in [everything] that we do [DOU]!

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!