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, thou hast been our dwelling-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 brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)
For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.
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 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 knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
12 To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
13 Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.
Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad 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 according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.
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!
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.
