Psalm 90
From Everlasting to Everlasting
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
¹ Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
² Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
³ You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
⁴ For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes,1 or a watch of the night.
⁵ You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
⁶ in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
⁷ For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
⁹ For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
¹⁰ The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
¹² So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
¹³ Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
¹⁷ May the favor 2 of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!