Psalms 90 — AAB

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

90Verse 1Lord, You have been our dwelling placethrough all generations.^{Verse 2}Before the mountains were bornor You brought forth the earth and the world,from everlasting to everlastingYou are God.^{Verse 3}You return man to dust,saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”^{Verse 4}For in Your sight a thousand yearsare but a day that passes,⁺
or a watch of the night.^{Verse 5}You sweep them away in their sleep;they are like the new grass of the morning—^{Verse 6}in the morning it springs up new,but by evening it fades and withers.^{Verse 7}For we are consumed by Your angerand terrified by Your wrath.^{Verse 8}You have set our iniquities before You,our secret sins in the light of Your presence.^{Verse 9}For all our days decline in Your fury;we finish our years with a sigh.^{Verse 10}The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^{Verse 11}Who knows the power of Your anger?Your wrath matches the fear You are due.^{Verse 12}So teach us to number our days,that we may present a heart of wisdom.^{Verse 13}Return, O LORD! How long will it be?Have compassion on Your servants.^{Verse 14}Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion,that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.^{Verse 15}Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us,for as many years as we have seen evil.^{Verse 16}May Your work be shown to Your servants,and Your splendor to their children.^{Verse 17}May the favor⁺of the Lord our God rest upon us;establish for us the work of our hands—
yes, establish the work of our hands!