Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge throughout all generations.
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were formed, or you formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
3 You return man to dust, and you say, “Return, you descendants of mankind.”
You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
4 For a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
5 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 it blooms and grows up; in the evening it withers and dries up.
In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
7 Truly, we are consumed in your anger, and in your wrath we are terrified.
We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our hidden sins in the light of your presence.
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
9 Our life passes away under your wrath; our years quickly pass like a sigh.
For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
10 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.
The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
11 Who knows the intensity of your anger, and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you?
Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
12 So teach us to consider our life so that we might live wisely.
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be? Have pity on your servants.
Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your covenant faithfulness so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
15 Make us glad in proportion to the days you afflicted us and to the years we have experienced trouble.
Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let your servants see your work, and let our children see your majesty.
Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
17 May the favor of the Lord our God be ours; prosper the work of our hands; indeed, prosper the work of our hands.
Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
