Psalm 90

Book IV

Psalms 90–106

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

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 splendor to their children.

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

establish the work of our hands for us—

yes, establish the work of our hands.