90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth
and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
90:3 You turn us back to dust, and say, "Turn back, you mortals."
90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or
like a watch in the night.
90:5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in
the morning;
90:6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and
withers.
90:7 For we are consumed by your anger; by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of
your countenance.
90:9 For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like
a sigh.
90:10 The days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are
strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly
away.
90:11 Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear
that is due you.
90:12 So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.
90:13 Turn, O LORD! How long? Have
compassion on your servants!
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your
steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be
glad all our days.
90:15 Make us glad as many days as you have
afflicted us, and as many years as we have
seen evil.
90:16 Let your work be manifest to your
servants, and your glorious power to their
children.
90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be
upon us, and prosper for us the work of our
hands -- O prosper the work of our hands!
