Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,
BOOK IV 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, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye 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 but 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 which 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 in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away.
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 are passed away in Thy wrath; we bring our years to an end as a tale that is told.
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, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but travail and vanity; for it is speedily gone, 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 that is due unto 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 get us a heart of wisdom.
13 Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
Return, O LORD; 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.
O satisfy us in the morning with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice 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 glory upon 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!
And let the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.
