Psalms 90

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, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

³Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

⁵Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

⁷For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?

¹²So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

¹³Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

¹⁴Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.

¹⁷And let 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.

Psalms 90

¹Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

²Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

³You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

⁴For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

⁵You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

⁶in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

⁷For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

⁸You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

¹⁰The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

¹³Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

¹⁷May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!