90:1 | | <A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations. |
90:2 | | Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God. |
90:3 | | You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men. |
90:4 | | For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. |
90:5 | | ... |
90:6 | | In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry. |
90:7 | | We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath. |
90:8 | | You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face. |
90:9 | | For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath. |
90:10 | | The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone. |
90:11 | | Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion? |
90:12 | | So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
90:13 | | Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed. |
90:14 | | In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days. |
90:15 | | Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil. |
90:16 | | Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children. |
90:17 | | Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands. |