90:1 {A Prayer of Moses the man of God.} Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
90:1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
90:3 You turn man to destruction, And say, "Return, O children of men."

90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
90:4 For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
90:5 You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
90:6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.

90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
90:7 For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.

90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
90:9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.

90:10 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.
90:10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
90:11 Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

90:12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
90:13 Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.

90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
90:14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

90:15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
90:15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil.

90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
90:16 Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.

90:17 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.
90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.