Chapter 90

A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

²Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

³You turn man to destruction, saying,

“Return, you children of men.”

⁴For a thousand years in your sight

Are but as yesterday when it is past,

As a watch in the night.

⁵You sweep them away as they sleep.

In the morning they sprout like new grass.

⁶In the morning it sprouts and springs up.

By evening, it is withered and dry.

⁷For we are consumed in your anger.

We are troubled in your wrath.

⁸You have set our iniquities before you,

Our secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹For all our days have passed away in your wrath.

We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

¹⁰The days of our years are seventy,

Or even by reason of strength eighty years;

Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,

For it passes quickly, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knows the power of your anger,

Your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

¹²So teach us to number our days,

That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹³Relent, Yahweh!

How long?

Have compassion on your servants!

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness,

That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

For as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let your work appear to your servants;

Your glory to their children.

¹⁷Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;

Establish the work of our hands for us;

Yes, establish the work of our hands.