Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,
The preier of Moises, the man of God. Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun.
2 Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.
Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.
4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.
5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie.
7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.
For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer.
9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)
For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn;
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 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.
11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?
Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?
12 To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.
13 Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.
14 Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.
We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.
15 Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.
16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.
Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.
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 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.
