Psalm 90

BOOK 4

PSALM 90

From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God

A Prayer of ^†Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, You have been our ^1adwelling place from generation to generation.

²Before ^athe mountains were born

¹Or You ^bbrought forth the earth and the world,

Even ^cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³You ^aturn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O sons of men.”

⁴For ^aa thousand years in Your sight

Are like ^byesterday when it passes by,

¹Or as a ^cwatch in the night.

⁵You ^ahave ¹swept them away like a flood, they ^2bfall asleep;

In the morning they are like ^cgrass which ³sprouts anew.

⁶In the morning it ^ablossoms and ¹sprouts anew;

Toward evening it ^bwithers away and ^cdries up.

⁷For we have been ^aconsumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been ¹dismayed.

⁸You have ^aset our iniquities before You,

Our ^bsecret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹For ^aall our days have declined in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a ¹sigh.

¹⁰As for the days of our ¹life, ²they contain seventy years,

Or if due to might, ^aeighty years,

Yet their pride is but ^blabor and wickedness;

For soon it is gone and we ^cfly away.

¹¹Who knows the ^apower of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the ^bfear ¹that is due You?

¹²¹So ^ateach us to number our days,

That we may ^2bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.

^13aReturn, O Yahweh; ^bhow long will it be?

And ¹be ^csorry for Your slaves.

¹⁴O ^asatisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,

That we may ^bsing for joy and be glad all our days.

^15aMake us glad ¹according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the ^byears we have seen ²evil.

¹⁶Let Your ^awork appear to Your slaves

And Your ^bmajesty ¹to their sons.

¹⁷Let the ^afavor of the Lord our God be upon us;

And ^bestablish for us the work of our hands;

Establish the work of our hands.