Psalm 90

THE PSALMS: BOOK 4

PSALM 90

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place

in all generations.

²Before the mountains were brought forth,

or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.

³Thou turnest man back to the dust,

and sayest, “Turn back, O children of men!”

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight

are but as yesterday when it is past,

or as a watch in the night.

⁵Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream,

like grass which 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 thy anger;

by thy wrath we are overwhelmed.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,

our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days pass away under thy wrath,

our years come to an end like a sigh.

¹⁰The years of our life are threescore and ten,

or even by reason of strength fourscore;

yet their span is but toil and trouble;

they are soon gone, and we fly away.

¹¹Who considers the power of thy anger,

and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

¹²So teach us to number our days

that we may get a heart of wisdom.

¹³Return, O Lord! How long?

Have pity on thy servants!

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love,

that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us,

and as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let thy work be manifest to thy servants,

and thy glorious power to their children.

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

and establish thou the work of our hands upon us,

yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.