Psalms 90

1 A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for 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 born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are 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 You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”

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

4 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like 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 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

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 sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

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

7 For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

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

8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

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

9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

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, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, 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 knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

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

12 So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

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

13 Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

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

14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, 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 for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as 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 your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.

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

17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

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!