Psalm 90

1Lord, You have been our [1] dwelling place in all generations.

2Before the mountains were born

[1] Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3You turn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O children of men.”

4For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday when it passes by,

[1] Or as a watch in the night.

5You have [1] swept them away like a flood, they [2] fall asleep;

In the morning they are like grass which [3] sprouts anew.

6In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;

Toward evening it fades and withers away.

7For we have been consumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been [1] dismayed.

8You have placed our iniquities before You,

Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9For all our days have declined in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a [1] sigh.

10As for the days of our [1] life, [2] they contain seventy years,

Or if due to strength, eighty years,

Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;

For soon it is gone and we fly away.

11Who [1] understands the power of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the fear [2] that is due You?

12So teach us to number our days,

That we may [1] present to You a heart of wisdom.

13Do return, O Lord; how long will it be?

And [1] be sorry for Your servants.

14O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,

That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15Make us glad [1] according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the years we have seen [2] evil.

16Let Your work appear to Your servants

And Your majesty [1] to their children.

17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;

And [1] confirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, [1] confirm the work of our hands.