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
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Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses, God's servant.
God lives for ever! #90:1 These are words that Moses prayed. This psalm makes us think of Genesis 3 and Deuteronomy 32. We learn about God (verses 1-2) and about people (verses 3-6). We learn that God is angry when we do wrong things (verses 7-11), so we should be careful in how we live our short lives (verses 12-17).
1 Lord, from long ago,
you have always been a safe home for us. #90:1 See John 14:2.
2From before the mountains began,
and before you made the world,
you were already there, as God.
You have no beginning and no end.
3People return to dust in the ground when they die.
You say, ‘Become dust again, you people.’ #90:3 See Genesis 2:7.
4For you, a thousand years is only a short time.
They pass as quickly as a day for you,
or just a few hours in the night.
5You cause people's lives to end,
as a dream finishes when you wake up.
People are like grass that appears in the morning.
6During the morning, it grows well.
By the evening,
it becomes dry and it dies.
7Your anger destroys us,
and we become very afraid.
8All our sins are there for you to see.
You even see the sins that we have tried to hide.
9Your anger gives us trouble all through our lives.
Then our lives end in a short groan.
10The number of our days make 70 years,
or maybe 80 years if we are strong enough.
But even in the best years of our lives,
we have trouble and pain.
Our lives quickly pass,
and we hurry towards death.
11 Lord, nobody knows all the power of your anger.
It is your anger that causes people to be afraid of you.
12Teach us to count carefully the days of our short lives.
Then we will be wise in how we live.
13 Lord, return to help us!
How long will you be angry with us?
Please be kind to us, your servants!
14Show your faithful love to us every morning.
Then we will sing with joy,
and we will be happy for as long as we live.
15For many years you have sent trouble to us.
Now, please make us happy
for as many years as you have given us pain.
16Do great things again,
so that we, your servants, see them!
Let our children see that you rule as King!
17Yes, may the Lord our God bless us.
May everything that we do go well!
Yes, may everything go well!
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