Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
6 In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.
11 Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
14 In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
15 Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
16 Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
