Halelu 90

1 E KA Haku, he puuhonua no oe no makou i kela hanauna i keia hanauna.

BOOK FOURTH: “A prayer of Moses the man of God.” Lord, a place of refuge hast thou been unto us in all generations.

2 Mamua aku o ka hanau ana o na mauna, A me kou hoomaka ana i ka honua a me ke ao nei, O oe no ke Akua, mai kahiko loa mai, a mau loa aku no.

Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3 Ke hoihoi aku nei oe i ke kanaka i ka lepo; A olelo mai no hoi, E hoi oukou, e na keiki a kanaka.

Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men.

4 No ka mea, o na makahiki he tausani imua o kou mau maka, Ua like no me ka la inehinei i hala aku la, Me he kiai la hoi o ka po.

For a thousand years are in thy eyes but as the yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

5 Hookahe aku no oe ia lakou, he hiamoe no lakou; I ke kakahiaka kupu mai no ia me he mauu la.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning [they grow] like the grass which changeth.

6 Pua mai no ia i ke kakahiaka a mohala iho, A i ke ahiahi ua okiia ia ilalo a mae wale iho la.

In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.

7 No ka mea, ua hoopauia makou i kou huhu, Ua oki loa hoi makou i kou inaina.

For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.

8 Ua kau no oe i ko makou hewa imua ou, A mo ka makou mea malu, ma ka malamalama o kou maka.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.

9 No ka mea, i kou huhu, ua hala'e ko makou mau la a pau; Ke hoopau nei makou i ko makou mau makahiki me he manao la.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.

10 O na la o ko makou mau makahiki. He kanahiku, makahiki iloko o laila; Aka, ina no ka ikaika he kanawalu makahiki lakou, Alaila, o ko lakou ikaika, he luhi wale no ia, a me ke kaumaha; No ka mea, hooki koke ia ia, a lele aku la makou.

The days of our years in this life are seventy years; and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty, yet is their greatness trouble and mishap; for it soon hasteneth off, and we fly away.

11 Owai ka mea i ike i ka ikaika o kou huhu? No ka mea, e like me ka makau ia oe, pela no kou ukiuki mai.

Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?

12 E ao mai oe i ka helu i ko makou mau la, I komo mai ai ke akamai iloko o ko makou naau.

Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.

13 E hoi mai oe, e Iehova, pehea la ka loihi? A e minamina mai hoi i kau poe kauwa.

Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.

14 E hoomaona koke mai oe ia makou i ka lokomaikai, I hauoli ai makou, a olioli hoi i ko makou mau la a pau.

O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness, that we may be glad and rejoice throughout all our days.

15 E hoohauoli mai oe ia makou, e like me na la o kou hoopilikia ana ia makou, A me na makahiki hoi a makou i ike ai i ka hewa.

Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness.

16 E hoike mai oe i kau hana i kau poe kauwa, A me kou hanohano hoi i ka lakou poe keiki.

Let thy act be visible on thy servants, and thy majesty over their children.

17 E hoonoho mai maluna o makou i ke aloha o Iehova ko makou Akua: E hoopaa mai oe i ka hana a ko makou lima me makou; Oia, o ka hana a ko makou mau lima, e hoopaa mai oe ia.

And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it.