Psalms 90
1. <<A Prayer of Moses the man of God.>> Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2. Before the mountains were brought forth * , or ever thou hadst formed * the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3. Thou turnest * man to destruction; and sayest * , Return * , ye children of men.
4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past * , and as a watch in the night.
5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood * ; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up * .
6. In the morning it flourisheth * , and groweth up * ; in the evening it is cut down * , and withereth * .
7. For we are consumed * by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled * .
8. Thou hast set * our iniquities before thee, our secret * sins in the light of thy countenance.
9. For all our days are passed away * in thy wrath: we spend * our years as a tale that is told.
10. The days of our years are threescore * years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off * , and we fly away * .
11. Who knoweth * the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12. So teach * us to number * our days, that we may apply * our hearts unto wisdom.
13. Return * , O LORD, how long? and let it repent * thee concerning thy servants.
14. O satisfy * us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice * and be glad * all our days.
15. Make us glad * according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted * us, and the years wherein we have seen * evil.
16. Let thy work appear * unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17. And let the beauty 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.
