Psalm 90:title–17

God’s Eternity and Man’s Transitoriness.

A Prayer of ^†Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, You have been our ^1adwelling place in all generations.

²Before ^athe mountains were born

¹Or You ^bgave birth to the earth and the world,

Even ^cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³You ^aturn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O children 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 ^aflourishes and ¹sprouts anew;

Toward evening it ^bfades and ^cwithers away.

⁷For we have been ^aconsumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been ¹dismayed.

⁸You have ^aplaced 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 strength, ^aeighty years,

Yet their pride is but ^blabor and sorrow;

For soon it is gone and we ^cfly away.

¹¹Who ¹understands the ^apower of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the ^bfear ²that is due You?

¹²So ^ateach us to number our days,

That we may ^1bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.

¹³Do ^areturn, O Lord; ^bhow long will it be?

And ¹be ^csorry for Your servants.

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 servants

And Your ^bmajesty ¹to their children.

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

And ^1bconfirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, confirm the work of our hands.