Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
2 Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] 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 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.
We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)
For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
10 Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, 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 knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?
Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
12 To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
14 Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice 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 Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.
Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
17 And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!
Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
