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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Tehillim (Psalms) 90
90
1יהוה, You have been our refuge In all generations.
2Before the mountains were born, Or You had brought forth the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting You are Ěl.
3You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return, O children of men.”
4For a thousand years in Your eyes Are like yesterday that has past, Or like a watch in the night.
5You have swept them away, They are as a sleep, Like grass that springs up in the morning.
6In the morning it flourishes and springs up, At evening it is cut down and withered.
7For we have been consumed by Your displeasure, And by Your wrath we are alarmed.
8You have set our crookednesses before You, Our secret sin in the light of Your face.
9For all our days have passed away in Your wrath, We spend our years like a whisper.
10The days of our lives are seventy years; Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet the best of them is but toil and exertion; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11Who knows the power of Your displeasure? And your wrath, according to the fear of You?
12Teach us to number our days, And let us bring the heart to wisdom.
13Return, O יהוה! How long? And be sorry for Your servants.
14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving-commitment, And let us sing for joy all our days!
15Give us joy according to The days You have afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
16Reveal Your work to Your servants, And Your splendour to their children.
17And let the pleasantness Of יהוה our Elohim be upon us, And confirm the work of our hands for us; O confirm the work of our hands!
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