Psalm 90

Psalm XC.

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, ^athou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

^2bBefore ^cthe mountains were ^dbrought forth,

Or ever thou hadst ^bdformed ^ethe earth and the world,

^fEven from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

³Thou ^gturnest man to destruction;

And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

⁴For ^ha thousand years in thy sight

ⁱAre but as yesterday when it is past,

And as a watch in the night.

⁵Thou ^kcarriest them away as with a flood; ^lthey are as a sleep:

In the morning they are ^mnlike grass which ^ogroweth up.

^6pIn the morning it ^nqflourisheth, and ^ogroweth up;

^pIn the evening it is ^mqcut down, and withereth.

⁷For we are consumed by thine anger,

And by thy wrath are we troubled.

^8rThou hast set our iniquities before thee,

^sOur secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:

We spend our years as a tale that is told.

^10tThe days of our years are threescore years and ten;

And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,

Yet is their strength labour and sorrow;

For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger?

Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

^12uSo teach us to number our days,

That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

^13wReturn, O Lord, ^xhow long?

And let it ^yrepent thee concerning thy servants.

¹⁴O satisfy us ^zearly with thy mercy;

That ^awe may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad according to ^bthe days wherein thou hast afflicted us,

And ^bthe years wherein we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let ^cthy work appear unto thy servants,

And thy glory unto their children.

¹⁷And let ^dthe beauty of the Lord our God be upon us:

And establish thou ^ethe work of our hands upon us;

Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.