Psalms 90
90
PSALM 90
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
1Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place
in generations all.
2Before thou ever hadst brought forth
the mountains great or small;
Ere ever thou hadst form'd the earth,
and all the world abroad;
Ev'n thou from everlasting art
to everlasting God.
3Thou dost unto destruction
man that is mortal turn;
And unto them thou say'st, Again,
ye sons of men, return.
4Because a thousand years appear
no more before thy sight
Than yesterday, when it is past,
or than a watch by night.
5As with an overflowing flood
thou carry'st them away:
They like a sleep are, like the grass
that grows at morn are they.
6At morn it flourishes and grows,
cut down at ev'n doth fade.
7For by thine anger we're consum'd,
thy wrath makes us afraid.
8Our sins thou and iniquities
dost in thy presence place,
And sett'st our secret faults before
the brightness of thy face.
9For in thine anger all our days
do pass on to an end;
And as a tale that hath been told,
so we our years do spend.
10Threescore and ten years do sum up
our days and years, we see;
Or, if, by reason of more strength,
in some fourscore they be:
Yet doth the strength of such old men
but grief and labour prove;
For it is soon cut off,
and we fly hence, and soon remove.
11Who knows the power of thy wrath?
according to thy fear
12So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou us
our end in mind to bear;
And so to count our days, that we
our hearts may still apply
To learn thy wisdom and thy truth,
that we may live thereby.
13Turn yet again to us, O Lord,
how long thus shall it be?
Let it repent thee now for those
that servants are to thee.
14O with thy tender mercies, Lord,
us early satisfy;
So we rejoice shall all our days,
and still be glad in thee.
15According as the days have been,
wherein we grief have had,
And years wherein we ill have seen,
so do thou make us glad.
16O let thy work and pow'r appear
thy servants' face before;
And shew unto their children dear
thy glory evermore:
17And let the beauty of the Lord
our God be us upon:
Our handy-works establish thou,
establish them each one.
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Psalms 90
90
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1Lord, through every generation, you have been “home” for us!
2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity past to eternity future, you are God.
3You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”
4In your eyes, a thousand years are like a day that's already gone; like a few passing hours of the night.
5You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
6it sprouts in the morning, fresh and new, but by the evening it is withered and dead.
7We are burned up by your anger, terrified by your fury.
8You have set out our sins before you—our secret sins are visible in the light of your presence.
9Our lives fade away under your anger, coming to an end as quickly as a sigh.
10We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.
11Who can know the power of your anger? Who understands your fury so you can be shown reverence?
12Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!
13Lord, how long will it be before you come back to us and have pity on us your servants?
14Show us every morning your trustworthy love so we may be happy, full of joy throughout our lives.
15Make us glad for as many days as you made us sad, for all the years we suffered!
16May we, your servants, see you at work for us#90:16. “For us”—implied. again; may our children see your glory.
17May our Lord God be pleased with us, blessing what we do, blessing what we do.
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