Psalms 90

1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,

2 Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.

Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.

3 Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

5 Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.

Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

6 In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

7 For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

8 Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.

Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

9 For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.

For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a (meditation)

10 [As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.

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.

11 Who knows the power of thy wrath?

Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?

12 and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.

To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.

Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

14 We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

15 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

16 And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.

Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

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!