Psalm 90 90

₁Lord, you have been our dwelling-place

throughout all generations.

₂Before the mountains were born

or you brought forth the whole world,

from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

₃You turn people back to dust,

saying, ‘Return to dust, you mortals.’

₄A thousand years in your sight

are like a day that has just gone by,

or like a watch in the night.

₅Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death –

they are like the new grass of the morning:

₆In the morning it springs up new,

but by evening it is dry and withered.

₇We are consumed by your anger

and terrified by your indignation.

₈You have set our iniquities before you,

our secret sins in the light of your presence.

₉All our days pass away under your wrath;

we finish our years with a moan.

₁₀Our days may come to seventy years,

or eighty, if our strength endures;

yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,

for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

₁₁If only we knew the power of your anger!

Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

₁₂Teach us to number our days,

that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

₁₃Relent, Lord! How long will it be?

Have compassion on your servants.

₁₄Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,

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

₁₅Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

for as many years as we have seen trouble.

₁₆May your deeds be shown to your servants,

your splendour to their children.

₁₇May the favour of the Lord our God rest on us;

establish the work of our hands for us –

yes, establish the work of our hands.