90:1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
90:2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
90:3 You turn men back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, O sons of men.”
90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
90:5 You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the morning–
90:6 though in the morning it springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered.
90:7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
90:9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
90:10 The length of our days is seventy years–or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
90:11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
90:12 Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
90:13 Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
90:15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
90:16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
90:17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us–yes, establish the work of our hands.
90:1 O Lord, You have been our dwelling place / In all generations.
90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, / And before You gave birth to the earth and the world, / Indeed from eternity to eternity, You are God.
90:3 You return man to dust / And say, Return, you sons of men.
90:4 For a thousand years in Your sight / Are like yesterday when it passes by / And like a watch in the night.
90:5 You sweep them away as with a rain flood; they are as in a sleep: / In the morning they are like grass that comes up anew.
90:6 In the morning it flourishes and comes up anew; / In the evening it is cut down, and it dries up.
90:7 For we have been consumed by Your anger, / And by Your wrath we have been troubled.
90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, / Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
90:9 For all our days have passed away in Your overflowing wrath; / We bring our years to an end like a sigh.
90:10 The days of our years are seventy years, / Or, if because of strength, eighty years; / But their pride is labor and sorrow, / For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
90:11 Who knows the power of Your anger, / And Your overflowing wrath according to the fear that is due You?
90:12 Teach us then to number our days / That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
90:13 Return, O Jehovah! How long? / And repent concerning Your servants.
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness / That we may give a ringing shout and rejoice all our days.
90:15 Cause us to rejoice according to the days that You have afflicted us, / According to the years that we have seen evil.
90:16 Let Your work appear to Your servants, / And Your splendor, to their children.
90:17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, / And establish the work of our hands upon us; / Indeed the work of our hands, establish it.