Psalms, 90

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0. A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

1. [Prayer Of Moses, man of God] Lord, you have been our refuge from age to age.

1. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

2. Before the mountains were born, before the earth and the world came to birth, from eternity to eternity you are God.

2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.

3. You bring human beings to the dust, by saying, 'Return, children of Adam.'

3. Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, "Turn back, O children of men!"

4. A thousand years are to you like a yesterday which has passed, like a watch of the night.

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

5. You flood them with sleep -- in the morning they will be like growing grass:

5. Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:

6. in the morning it is blossoming and growing, by evening it is withered and dry.

6. in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.

7. For we have been destroyed by your wrath, dismayed by your anger.

7. For we are consumed by thy anger; by thy wrath we are overwhelmed.

8. You have taken note of our guilty deeds, our secrets in the full light of your presence.

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

9. All our days pass under your wrath, our lives are over like a sigh.

9. For all our days pass away under thy wrath, our years come to an end like a sigh.

10. The span of our life is seventy years -- eighty for those who are strong -- but their whole extent is anxiety and trouble, they are over in a moment and we are gone.

10. The 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.

11. Who feels the power of your anger, or who that fears you, your wrath?

11. Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

12. Teach us to count up the days that are ours, and we shall come to the heart of wisdom.

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

13. Come back, Yahweh! How long must we wait? Take pity on your servants.

13. Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on thy servants!

14. Each morning fill us with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days;

14. Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15. let our joy be as long as the time that you afflicted us, the years when we experienced disaster.

15. Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil.

16. Show your servants the deeds you do, let their children enjoy your splendour!

16. Let thy work be manifest to thy servants, and thy glorious power to their children.

17. May the sweetness of the Lord be upon us, to confirm the work we have done!

17. 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.