Psalmorum 90
1 oratio Mosi hominis Dei Domine refugium tu factus es nobis in generatione et generatione
A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, through every generation, you have been “home” for us!
2 priusquam montes fierent et formaretur terra et orbis a saeculo usque in saeculum tu es Deus
Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity past to eternity future, you are God.
3 ne avertas hominem in humilitatem et dixisti convertimini filii hominum
You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”
4 quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos tamquam dies hesterna quae praeteriit et custodia in nocte
In your eyes, a thousand years are like a day that's already gone; like a few passing hours of the night.
5 quae pro nihilo habentur eorum anni erunt
You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
6 mane sicut herba transeat mane floreat et transeat vespere decidat induret et arescat
it sprouts in the morning, fresh and new, but by the evening it is withered and dead.
7 quia defecimus in ira tua et in furore tuo turbati sumus
We are burned up by your anger, terrified by your fury.
8 posuisti iniquitates nostras in conspectu tuo saeculum nostrum in inluminatione vultus tui
You have set out our sins before you—our secret sins are visible in the light of your presence.
9 quoniam omnes dies nostri defecerunt in ira tua defecimus anni nostri sicut aranea meditabantur
Our lives fade away under your anger, coming to an end as quickly as a sigh.
10 dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis septuaginta anni si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni et amplius eorum labor et dolor quoniam supervenit mansuetudo et corripiemur
We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.
11 quis novit potestatem irae tuae et prae timore tuo iram tuam
Who can know the power of your anger? Who understands your fury so you can be shown reverence?
12 dinumerare dexteram tuam sic notam fac et conpeditos corde in sapientia
Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!
13 convertere Domine usquequo et deprecabilis esto super servos tuos
Lord, how long will it be before you come back to us and have pity on us your servants?
14 repleti sumus mane misericordia tua et exultavimus et delectati sumus in omnibus diebus nostris
Show us every morning your trustworthy love so we may be happy, full of joy throughout our lives.
15 laetati sumus pro diebus quibus nos humiliasti annis quibus vidimus mala
Make us glad for as many days as you made us sad, for all the years we suffered!
16 et respice in servos tuos et in opera tua et dirige filios eorum
May we, your servants, see you at work for us again; may our children see your glory.
17 et sit splendor Domini Dei nostri super nos et opera manuum nostrarum dirige super nos et opus manuum nostrarum dirige;
May our Lord God be pleased with us, blessing what we do, blessing what we do.
