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 refuge throughout 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 formed, or you formed 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, and you say, “Return, you descendants of mankind.”
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 a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in 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 sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up.
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 blooms and grows up; in the evening it withers and dries up.
7 [Similarly], [because of the sins that we have committed], you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us.
Truly, we are consumed in your anger, and in your wrath we are terrified.
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 hidden 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.
Our life passes away under your wrath; our years quickly pass like 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].
Our years are seventy, or even eighty if we are healthy; but even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow. Yes, they pass quickly, 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 intensity of your anger, and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you?
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 consider our life so that we might live wisely.
13 Yahweh, how long [will you be angry with us]? Pity us who serve you.
Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be? Have pity 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 covenant faithfulness so that we may rejoice 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 in proportion to the days you afflicted us and to the years we have experienced trouble.
16 Enable us to see the [great] things that you do and enable our descendants to [also] see your glorious power.
Let your servants see your work, and let our children see your majesty.
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 be ours; prosper the work of our hands; indeed, prosper the work of our hands.
