Psalms 90
1 The preier of Moises, the man of God. Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun.
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
2 Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.
Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
3 Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.
Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
4 For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.
For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
5 The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
6 Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie.
In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
7 For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
9 For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn;
For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.
10 the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
12 Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.
So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
13 Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.
Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.
Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.
Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
16 Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.
17 And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis.
And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
