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 whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
90:3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
90:4 A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
90:5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death - they are like the new grass of the morning:
90:6 In the morning it springs up new, but 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 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
90:11 If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
90:12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
90:13 Relent, 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 on us; establish the work of our hands for us - yes, establish the work of our hands. / *Or beauty