Psalms 89

¹A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.

²Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God.

³And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men.

⁴For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night,

⁵which was held for nothing: so their years shall be.

⁶In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.

⁷For, at your wrath, we have withered away, and we have been disturbed by your fury.

⁸You have placed our iniquities in your sight, our age in the illumination of your countenance.

⁹For all our days have faded away, and at your wrath, we have fainted. Our years will be considered to be like a spider’s web.

¹⁰The days of our years in them are seventy years. But in the powerful, they are eighty years, and more of these are with hardship and sorrow. For mildness has overwhelmed us, and we shall be corrected.

¹¹Who knows the power of your wrath? And, before fear, can your wrath

¹²be numbered? So make known your right hand, along with men learned in heart, in wisdom.

¹³Return, O Lord, how long? And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants.

¹⁴We were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we exulted and delighted all our days.

¹⁵We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, because of the years in which we saw evils.

¹⁶Look down upon your servants and upon their works, and direct their sons.

¹⁷And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us. And so, direct the works of our hands over us; direct even the work of our hands.

Psalms 89

¹A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.

²Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

³Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,

⁵Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.

⁶In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.

⁷For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:

¹⁰The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear

¹²Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.

¹³Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

¹⁴We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.

¹⁵We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.

¹⁶Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.

¹⁷And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.