Psalm 90

Psalm 90

God’s Eternity and Human Frailty

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, you have been our dwelling place^d

in all generations.^*

²Before the mountains were brought forth

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting you are God.^*

³You turn us^e back to dust

and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”^*

⁴For a thousand years in your sight

are like yesterday when it is past

or like a watch in the night.^*

⁵You sweep them away; they are like a dream,

like grass that is renewed in the morning;^*

⁶in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it fades and withers.^*

⁷For we are consumed by your anger;

by your wrath we are overwhelmed.

⁸You have set our iniquities before you,

our secret sins in the light of your countenance.^*

⁹For all our days pass away under your wrath;

our years come to an end^f like a sigh.^*

¹⁰The days of our life are seventy years

or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;

even then their span^g is only toil and trouble;

they are soon gone, and we fly away.^*

¹¹Who considers the power of your anger?

Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.^*

¹²So teach us to count our days

that we may gain a wise heart.^*

¹³Turn, O Lord! How long?

Have compassion on your servants!^*

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,

so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.^*

¹⁵Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us

and as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let your work be manifest to your servants

and your glorious power to their children.^*

¹⁷Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us

and prosper for us the work of our hands—

O prosper the work of our hands!^*