Psalms 90

1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

“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 brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] 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 turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye children of men!”

4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [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 carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep; in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth.

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 flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.

7 For we are consumed by thy anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.

Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale [that is told].

By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.

10 The days of our years [are] seventy years; and if by reason of strength [they are] eighty years, yet [is] their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly 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 power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.

Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?

12 So teach [us] to number [our] days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!

13 Return, O LORD, how long? and repent thou concerning thy servants.

Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad 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 [in which] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [in which] we have seen evil.

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 to thy servants, and thy glory to their children.

Let thy deeds be known to thy servants, And thy glory to their children!

17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yes, 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!