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 bene our habitation from generation to generation.
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 mountaines were made, and before thou hadst formed the earth, and the world, euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art our God.
3 Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.
Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
4 For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.
For a thousande yeeres 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 hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse:
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 florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe 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 wrath 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, and our secret sinnes 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 dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a 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 time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.
11 Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?
Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare is thine anger.
12 Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.
Teach vs so to nomber our dayes, that we may apply our heartes vnto wisdome.
13 Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.
Returne (O Lord, howe long?) and be pacified toward thy seruants.
14 We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.
Fill vs with thy mercie in the morning: so shall we reioyce and be glad all our dayes.
15 We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.
Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs, and according to the yeeres that we haue seene euill.
16 Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.
Let thy worke bee seene towarde thy seruants, and thy glory vpon their children.
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 beautie of the Lord our God be vpon vs, and direct thou the worke of our hands vpon vs, euen direct the worke of our handes.
