Psalms 90

1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. 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, 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 of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

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.

1 a prayer of Moses, the man of God.

2 O LORD God, you are our refuge for ever and ever. Before the mountains were created, and the earth and the world, you are, O God, from everlasting to everlasting,

3 who let men die, and said, Come again, children of men.

4 For a thousand years are before thee as the day that was yesterday, and as a night watch.

5 Thou hast caused them to pass away like a river, and they are as a sleep, as grass that fadeth quickly,

6 Which flourisheth early, and withereth soon, and is cut down in the evening, and withereth.

7 This is thy wrath, that we are consumed: and thy fury, that we are consumed suddenly.

8 For thou hast set our iniquity before thee, our unconcealed sin in the light of thy countenance.

9 Therefore all our days are consumed in thine anger: we have spent our years as a tale.

10 Our life shall be seventy years; and if it come to pass, it shall be fourscore years: and if it have been good, it shall have been toil and trouble: for it shall pass quickly, as if we flew away.

11 And who shall believe that thou art angry? and who shall be afraid of thy wrath?

12 Teach us to remember that we must die, that we may be wise.

13 O Lord, turn again to us, and be gracious unto thy servants.

14 Fill us early with thy grace, and we will glory and be glad all our days.

15 Now make us glad again, after that thou hast afflicted us so long, after that we have suffered misfortunes so long.

16 Show thy servants thy works, and thy glory to their children.

17 And the LORD our God be kind unto us, and promote the work of our hands among us; yea, promote the work of our hands. The 91st Psalm, (^) Comfort in Dying.